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Revision as of 22:16, 12 June 2009

Summer School on Global Sustainability


TIME ACTIVITY



Week 1

Sunday, July 12th
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration and Check-In
5:00 p.m. Welcome reception and dinner

Monday, July 13th


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. J. Doyne Farmer/Jessika Trancik, Complex Systems
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Matthew England, "Climate Change - Overview, History, GHG's, Radiative Forcing "
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Joellen Russell, "Southwest Climate, the Westerly Winds and Climate Model Projections"
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussion

Tuesday, July 14th


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Matthew England: "Climate Change - Observations (Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Oceans) and Paleoclimate "
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Joellen Russell, "The Once and Future Battles of Thor and the Midgard Serpent, or: The Westerlies and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Global Climate"
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Don Paul, Energy and Technology
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussion

Wednesday, July 15th


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Matthew England, "Climate Change - Models, Projections, Detection & Attribution"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Don Paul, Energy and Technology
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Partha Dasgupta, "A Matter of Trust: Social Capital and Economic Development"
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussion



Thursday, July 16th


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Andrew Hargadon
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Partha Dasgupta, "The Place of Nature in Economic Development"
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Chuck Kutscher: "The Urgency of Climate Change and How to Address It With Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (the American Solar Energy Society study) "
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussion
7:30 p.m. Public Lecture: "Will It Cost the Earth to Save the Planet?" - Amory Lovins and Partha Dasgupta
James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf

Friday, July 17th


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Andrew Hargadon
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Amory Lovins, "Winning the Oil Endgame"
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Amory Lovins, "Winning the Coal Endgame"
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussions

Saturday, July 18th
Mini-Symposium
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. "Impacts, The Bigger Picture"
Discussion/interleaving of all three presentations led by Jessika Trancik and Doyne Farmer
"Cold War, Global Warming: A Tale of Two Prisoners Dilemma"—John Schellnhuber
"Insights or Confusion: Analysis of Climate and Energy Systems"—Doug Arent
"Sustainability and the Complex Systems Approach"—Geoffrey West


12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Comments and response to questions from student groups: Partha Dasgupta, Arnulf Grübler, Andrew Hargadon, Chuck Kutscher, Joellen Russell
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. “Sustainability in the Media”
5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Sustainability in the Curriculum and the Classroom” (Optional)
Irene Lee, Program Director for SFI Educational program “GUTS: Growing Up Thinking Scientifically
Roundtable discussion with educators for those interested in teaching sustainability topics

Week 2



Sunday, July 19th
Free Day Free Day

Monday, July 20th


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Arnulf Grübler, Climate Change and Urbanization
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Carlo Rubbia
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Chuck Kutscher, "Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)"
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussions

Tuesday, July 21st


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Arnulf Grubler, "Climate Change and Industrial Production "
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Carlo Rubbia
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, technology
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussions

Wednesday, July 22nd


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Arnulf Grubler, "Climate Change: Rates of Change and Constraints for Adaptation and Mitigation Measures"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Carlo Rubbia
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, technology
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Ottmar Edenhofer, "Can dangerous Climate Change be avoided? Causes and Impacts of Climate Change"

Thursday, July 23rd


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Dennis Meadows, "Obstacles to Effective Climate Policy"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Ottmar Edenhofer, "The Economics of Atmospheric Stabilization"
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Nebojsa Nakcenovic, technology
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Dennis Meadows, "Fishbanks: A Strategic Game about Renewable Resource Use"

Friday, July 24th


9:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Dennis Meadows, "The Structural Foundations of Sustainable Resource Use"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Ottmar Edenhofer, "Towards a Global Contract on Climate Change"
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Wrap Up
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

Saturday, July 25th
9:00 a.m. Departures after breakfast