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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 |
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| Date/Time | Presenter | Presentation Title | Link |
| 8:00 - 8:15 a.m. | Commissioner Arthur Rosenfeld (California Energy Commission) | Welcome and Introduction | Download PDF file 432 kb |
| Policy Overview Informing the Research Agenda Session Chair: Susan Brown (California Energy Commission) |
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| 8:15 - 8:35 | Commissioner James Boyd (California Energy Commission) | Policy Options for Reducing Greenhouse Gases: A California Energy Perspective | Download PDF file 380 kb |
| 8:35 - 8:55 | Alan Lloyd (Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency) | California's Emerging Resources to Climate Change | Download PDF file 1.1 MB |
| Regional Research Strategies in the West Coast Session Chair: Chester Koblinsky (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
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| 9:00 - 9:20 | Guido Franco (California Energy Commission) | California Climate Change Center | Download PDF file 1.1 MB |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | Philip Mote (University of Wisconsin) | Climate Impacts Group | Download PDF file 1.3 MB |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Mark Abbott (Oregon State University) | Climate Change Research in Oregon | Download PDF file 3.4 MB |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | BREAK | ||
| Potential Changes in Regional Climate Session Chair: Guido Franco (California Energy Commission) |
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| 10:20 - 10:45 | Ruby Leung (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) | Regional Climate Modeling for the West Coast | Download PDF file 1.2 MB |
| 10:45 - 11:10 | Masao Kanamitsu (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Insight Into Regional Atmospheric Variability From Five Decades of High-Resolution Model Simulation Over California | Download PDF file 1.3 MB |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Lisa Sloan (University of California, Santa Cruz) | Have Land Use Changes Affected California's Climate? | Download PDF file 3.6 MB |
| 11:30 - 11:55 | Mike Dettinger (U.S. Geological Survey / Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Development and Exploration of Probabilistic Climate Scenarios for California and the West | Download PDF file 1.7 MB |
| 11:55 - 1:25 p.m. | LUNCH Keynote Speaker: Steve Schneider (Stanford University) |
Probabilistic Assessment of Dangerous Climate Change | Download PDF file 2.2 MB |
| Potential Mitigation Strategies: Part I Session Chair: Alan Sanstad (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 1:25 - 1:45 | Anne Choate (ICF Consulting) | Reducing Mitigation Costs: Cost Curves for Non-CO2 Gases in California Link to PIER Report |
Download PDF file 3.6 MB |
| 1:45 - 2:05 | Eric Masanet (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Estimation of GHG Emissions from Products Manufactured in California Link to PIER Report |
Download PDF file 876 kb |
| 2:05 - 2:25 | Johan Six (University of California, Davis) | Agriculture's Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation | Download PDF file 4.0 MB |
| 2:25 - 2:55 | Mike Rufo (Quantum) Max Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley) |
Analyzing Long-Run Energy-Efficiency Potential in California | Download PDF file 1.3 MB |
| 2:55 - 3:15 | Terry Barker (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) | Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change by Induced Technological Progress: Scenarios Using a Large-Scale Econometric Model | Download PDF file 2.9 MB |
| 3:15 - 3:30 | BREAK | ||
| Climate Monitoring and Analysis - Part I
Session Chair: Francis Chung (Department of Water Resources) |
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| 3:30 - 3:55 | Ben Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Note: Because of publisher's restrictions, audio from Mr. Santer's presentation will not be webcast. |
Has the Troposphere Warmed Since 1979? | Not available at presenter's request. |
| 3:55 - 4:20 | Philip Mote (University of Washington) | Climatic Changes in Oregon and Washington | Download PDF file 3.0 MB |
| 4:20 - 4:45 | Kelly Redmond (Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute) | Designing and Building an Improved Climate Monitoring Network for California | Download PDF file 15.9 MB |
| 4:45 - 5:10 | Celine Bonfils (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) | Regional Climate Change Detection and Attribution | Not available at presenter's request. |
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 |
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| Date/Time | Presenter | Presentation Title | Link |
| Climate Monitoring and Analysis - Part II
Session Chair: Eileen McCauley (California Air Resources Board) |
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| 8:00 - 8:20 | Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | The Coastal Influence on California Temperatures - How Has It Varied? | Download PDF file 1.5 MB |
| 8:20 - 8:45 | Daniel Rosenfeld (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) | Potential Impacts of Aerosols on Precipitation and Stream Flow in California | Download PDF file 4.2 MB |
| 8:45 - 9:05 | Peter Bromirski (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Changes in Coastal Waves and Sea Level Along the California Coast | Download PDF file 1.3 MB |
| 9:05 - 9:50 | Mark Jacobson (Stanford University) | Role of Aerosols in Regional Climate: A Research Frontier | Download PDF file 3.5 MB |
| Development of Tools for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Studies: Part I
Session Chairs: Mike Floyd (California Department of Water Resources) and Nehzat Motabelli (Air Resources Board) |
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| 9:25 - 9:50 | John Dracup (University of California, Berkeley) | Climate Change and Water Supply Impacts | Download PDF file 1.0 MB |
| 9:50 - 10;15 | Jay Lund (University of California, Davis) | What to Do When the Weather Changes?: Adaptation and Climate Change | Download PDF file 1.4 MB |
| 10:15 - 10:35 | Nicholas E. Graham (Hydrologic Research Center and Scripps) | INFORM - Integrated Climate Prediction and Water Management in California | Download PDF file 2.0 MB |
| 10:35 - 10:50 | BREAK | ||
| 10:50 - 11:15 | Mike Kleeman (University of California, Davis) | Impact of Climate Change on Meteorology and Regional Air Quality in California | Download PDF file 1.9 MB |
| 11:15 - 11:40 | Peter Adams (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | The California Coast: Shoreline Change Over the Next Century | Download PDF file 3.1 MB |
| 11:40 - 1:10 p.m. | LUNCH Keynote Speaker: Sir David King (Chief Scientific Adviser to the United Kingdom |
Global Action to Control Global Warming | Download PDF file 900 kb |
| Potential Mitigation Strategies: Part II
Carbon Sequestration in the West Coast
Session Chair: Larry Myer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 1:10 - 1:35 | John Kadyszewski (Winrock International) | Opportunities for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in the West | Download PDF file 5.2 MB |
| 1:35 - 2:00 | Sally Benson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Potential for Carbon Sequestration in Geological Formations in the West | Download PDF file 1.2 MB |
| 2:00 - 2:25 | Jae Edmonds (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) | Carbon Sequestration as a National and Global Strategy: When Is It Needed? | Download PDF file 3.7 MB |
| Development of Tools for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Studies: Part II
Session Chairs: Steve Shaffer (California Department of Food & Agriculture) and Doug Wickizer (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) |
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| 2:25 - 2:45 | David Pierce (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Can Seasonal Climate Forecast Improve California Energy Management? | Download PDF file 2.0 MB |
| 2:45 - 3:05 | Norm Miller (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Heat Extremes and Energy Demand | Download PDF file 3.0 MB |
| 3:05 - 3:30 | Dena MacMynowski and Terry Root (Stanford University) | Climate Change and the Timing of California Songbird Migration | Not available at presenter's request. |
| 3:30 - 3:50 | BREAK | ||
| 3:50 - 4:15 | Robert Francis (UniversIty of Washington) | Climate Change and the Pacific Northwest Coastal Marine Ecosystem | Download PDF file 2.5 MB |
| 4:15 - 4:40 | Ron Nielson (USDA Forest Service) | Potential Changes in Vegetation Patterns in the West | Not available at presenter's request. |
| 4:40 - 5:00 | Margaret Taylor (UC Berkeley) Note: Change in presenter. |
Policy and Innovation in Environmental Technology - Lessons for Climate Change | Download PDF file 584 kb |
| 5:00 - 7:00 | Poster Session Chair: Ed Vine (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005 |
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| Date/Time | Presenter | Presentation Title | Link |
| Design of Emissions Trading Programs to Reduce GHG Emissions Session Chair: Sam Sadler (Oregon Department of Energy) |
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| 8:00 - 8:25 | Ned Helme (Center for Clean Air Policy) | Review of Emissions Trading Programs for Applications at the State or Regional Levels | Download PDF file 264 kb |
| 8:25 - 8:50 | Mike Burnett (The Climate Trust) | Emissions Trading from an Offset Buyer's Perspective | Download PDF file 664 kb |
| 8:50 - 9:20 | David Roland-Holst (University of California, Berkeley) | Use of BEAR, a Macro-economic Model, to Estimate Economic Impacts | Download PDF file 452 kb |
| Update of Progress on the Preliminary Science Report to the Governor Chair: Kelly Birkinshaw (California Energy Commission) |
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| 9:20 - 9:50 | Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) | Climate Action Team & Climate Action Initiative | Download PDF file 552 kb |
| 9:20 - 9:50 | Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley) | Download PDF file 222 kb |
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| 9:50 - 10:20 | BREAK | ||
| 10:20 - 11:45 | What Decision Makers Want to Know and What They Should Know Chair: Eileen Tutt (CalEPA) Panel Discussion: Adriene Alward (Assemblymember Fran Pavley's Office), Steve Schneider (Stanford University), Gary Smith (Timberland), Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley), Jim Marston (Environmental Defense, Texas) Only one presentation by Dr. Schneider (Download PDF file, 356 kb) |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 | Final Remarks Martha Krebs (California Energy Commission) |
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