Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building
Achieving truly deep decarbonization is a uniquely difficult problem requiring fundamental changes in multiple interconnected systems (energy, agriculture, industry). Decisions made with the intent of avoiding the most severe climate change climatic impacts happen in the face of deep and dynamic uncertainties. Deep decarbonization decisions may also create multiple winners and losers and is thus a problem of managing social change in addition to technology transition. This Earth Talks series will invite prominent researchers to give talks on energy systems transition, negative carbon emissions, terrestrial sequestration, decision-making under uncertainty, and public policy relevant to deep decarbonization.
Date | Speaker | Presentation |
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Oct. 7 | Lindsay Anderson Kathy Dwyer Marble and Curt Marble Faculty Director for Energy, Atkinson Center for Sustainability Cornell University |
"How Do We Get There from Here? The Challenge and Potential for Low-Carbon Electric Power Systems" |
Oct. 14 | Jae Edmonds Chief Scientist and Battelle Fellow, Joint Global Change Research Institute Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
"The Paris Agreement's Article 6: Estimating its potential to increase ambition" |
Oct. 21 | Hari Osofsky Dean, Penn State Law and Penn State School of International Affairs Penn State |
"The Regulatory Role of Climate Change Litigation" |
Oct. 28 | Klaus Lackner Director, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions Arizona State University |
"Direct Air Capture of CO2 and the Emerging Energy Transition" |
Nov. 4 | Tom Richard Director, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment Penn State |
"Deep Re-carbonization: Harnessing Photosynthesis for Negative Emissions" |
Nov. 11 | Gary Geernaert Director, Climate and Environmental Sciences Division U.S. Department of Energy |
"Federal Science and Policy Priorities - The Process Involving DOE" |
Nov. 18 | Leon Clarke Research Director, Center for Global Sustainability University of Maryland |
"US Climate Mitigation and the Paris Agreement" |
Organizing Committee Members:
Seth Blumsack and Klaus Keller
Sponsored by EESI, PESTL, CLIMA