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Appendix A: December 2009 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
Appendix A: December 2009 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
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Appendix A December 2009 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants Workshop on Issues in Public Understanding and Mitigation of Climate Change Agenda and List of Participants December 3-4, 2009 This workshop, the first of two sponsored at the National Academies by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will include four half-day sessions devoted to the following topics of pressing interest: • Public Understanding of Climate Change • pportunities for Limiting Climate Change Through Household O Action • Public Acceptance of Energy Technologies • Organizational Change and the Greening of Business Each session will begin with presentations of current knowledge by leading social and behavioral researchers and will proceed to discussions of the practical implications of the knowledge for action by governmental and nongovernmental organizations tasked with responding to climate change. It is hoped that the discussions will stimulate participants to undertake future activities, such as new policies, programs, or research activities, to develop and implement insights arising from the workshop.
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Welcoming comments, Roger Kasperson, Clark University, Panel Chair Anthony Leiserowitz, Yale University, Session Moderator Presentations: Why is climate change hard to understand? -- Susanne Moser, Susanne Moser Research and Consulting Mental models of climate change -- Daniel Read, Yale University Insights from research on risk perception -- Elke Weber, Columbia University The polarization of public opinion -- Riley Dunlap, Oklahoma State University Comment and discussion topics: -- Implications for climate change education -- Implications for the mass media -- Implications for scientific communication Discussants: Frank Niepold, Climate Program Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bud Ward, Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media
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Loren Lutzenhiser, Portland State University, Session Moderator Presentations: The national potential for emissions reduction from household action -- Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University Achieving the potential for residential energy efficiency -- Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Inducing action through social norms -- Wesley Schultz, California State University, San Marcos Interventions in the supply chain for consumer products and services -- Charles Wilson, London School of Economics Comment and discussion topics -- Economic perspectives on household actions -- Policy opportunities and barriers Discussion Adjourn Session #3 -- December 4, 2009 Public Acceptance of Energy Technologies Many current proposals for limiting climate change depend on the development and expeditious deployment of new low-carbon energy supply technologies and new technologies for energy efficiency. Past and recent
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Discussants: Robert Marlay, U.S. Climate Change Technology Program Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University Session #4 -- December 4, 2009 Organizational Change and the Greening of Business Businesses are major contributors to climate change through their direct use of energy and land and through their effects on the life cycles of goods and services they use, process, and sell.
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Department of Education Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Carnegie Mellon University Bruine Robert Corell, Global Environmental and Technology Foundation Corell, Andre de Fontaine, Pew Center on Global Climate Change de Linda DePugh, The National Academies John Dernbach, Widener University College of Law Dernbach, Riley Dunlap, Oklahoma State University Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware Firestone,
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Climate Change Technology Program Tanya Maslak, U.S. Global Research Program Meg McDonald, Global Issues, Alcoa Michael Meirovitz, Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC Claudia Mengelt, The National Academies Clay Nesler, Johnson Controls, Inc.
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