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2/15/2016
Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development Conference – Overview
08:00-08:30
08:30-10:00
Day 1
Open
1-1
10:00-10:30
10:30-12:00
Break
1-2
12:00-01:00
01:00-02:30
Lunch
1-3
02:30-03:00
03:00-05:30
Break
1-4
Day 2
? Keynote speaker?
Effects of Climate Change on Ecological Systems
(Gretchen Meyer)
1. Long term Change in Vegetation of a Wisconsin
wetland: An Effect of Climate Change?
2. Effects of Climate Change on Birds.
3. Changes to the Onset of Spring in a Warming World
4. Species Responses to Rapidly Changing and Noanalog Climates: Lessons from the Late Quaternary
Urban Planning for CO2 Reduction
(Nancy Frank)
1. Reversing Carbon Dependence in Cities: The Role of
Urban Planning
2. Sustainable Urban Design Strategies
3. Regional Strategies for Carbon Reduction
Lunch Speaker ?
Global Climate Change and Health
(Anne Banda)
1. Climate Change and Human Health: Global Policy
Perspectives
2. Topic TBD (Jonathan Patz, UW Madison)
3. Changes in sub-Saharan Africa’s Ecosystem: Effects
on Health and Social Well-being
Global Climate Change: Education for Awareness
and Action
(Nicole Palasz and Sara Tully)
1. Curriculum for Climate Change Education
2. K-12 Initiatives to Combat Climate Change
Social
Event?
2-1
Break
2-2
Lunch
2-3
Break
2-4
Close
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The promises of Renewable energy
(David Yu)
1. Wind Power for a Cleaner, Stronger America
2. Blue Sky Green Field and Beyond
3. Add Bio and Solar Energy into Gas pipe line
4. Research Overview for UWM Wind Energy Group
International and Energy Dimensions of Climate Change
(Hamid Mohtadi)
1. Climate Change and the Economics and Ecological
Aspects of Energy Use
2. Designing International Environmental Agreements
3. Climate Change and Economic Development: The
International Aspects
Lunch Speaker ?
Carbon Neutral Architecture in light of the 2030
Challenge
(Jim Wasley)
Topics TBD
[Gregory Thomson (UWM), Mike Utzinger(UWM), James
Wasley(UWM), Professional from Chicago]
Great Lakes Responses to Climate Change
(Harvey Bootsma)
1. Subtle climate change and the effects of a shift in the
average wind direction over the Great Lakes Basin
2. Great Lakes Climate Change Thermodynamic Impacts
Assessment
3. Climate and limnology in the African Great Lakes:
Recent changes, and implications for temperate lakes
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open
1-1
Description
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Effects of Climate Change on Ecological
Systems
(Gretchen Meyer)
This session will consider how climate
change is affecting natural areas. Topics
will include changes in phenology of
plants and animals, and possible effects of
climate change on plant communities and
birds.
1-2
Presentations
Urban Planning for CO2 Reduction
(Nancy Frank)
1.
Long term Change in Vegetation of a Wisconsin wetland: An
Effect of Climate Change?
Jason Mills [Biological Sciences, UWM], James Reinartz [Field
Station,UWM], Gretchen Meyer [Field Station,UWM], and Erica
Young [Biological Sciences, UWM]
2.
Effects of Climate Change on Birds
Peter Dunn. [Biology, UWM]
3.
Changes to the Onset of Spring in a Warming World
Mark D. Schwartz [Geography, UWM]
4.
Species Responses to Rapidly Changing and No-analog Climates:
Lessons from the Late Quaternary
John Williams[Geography and Center for Climatic Research,
UW-Madison], Steve Jackson [University of Wyoming], and John
Kutzbach [University of Wisconsin-Madison]
1.
Reversing Carbon Dependence in Cities: The Role of Urban
Planning
Nancy Frank [Urban Planning, UWM]
- no summary provided The presentation will provide an overview of the multiple vectors
through which urban planning can address carbon emissions. The
principle methods relate to reductions related to materials used in
the construction of urban facilities (such as streets) and reductions
related to the operation of the city and the behavior of city
residents. Overall, however, the field of urban planning needs to
produce better information about the relative costs and benefits of
different strategies for reducing carbon that considers both the
potential and the probably benefits of different strategies. The
difference between potential and probably benefits relates to the
likelihood of achieving specific changes, e.g., use of mass transit.
2.
Sustainable Urban Design Strategies
Michael Utzinger [Architecture, UWM]
The presentation will review the latest information on urban
design strategies that produce significant reductions in carbon
emissions. Focus will be on efficiencies from a systems
perspective that can be achieved through thoughtful urban design.
The efficiencies include reduction in materials use and greater
efficiencies in heating and cooling, water use, and lighting, as well
as opportunities for shared resource recovery and renewable
energy production.
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Regional Strategies for Carbon Reduction
Scott Bernstein [Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago]
This presentation will focus on the regional scale on the land
use/transportation connections and strategies that have a
reasonable chance of inducing changes in travel behavior.
Specifically, Bernstein has written about the "next generation" of
transit-oriented development.
1-3
1.
2.
3.
Climate Change and Human Health: Global Policy Perspectives
Topic TBD (Jonathan Patz, UW Madison)
Changes in sub-Saharan Africa’s Ecosystem: Effects on Health
and Social Well-being
1.
Curriculum for Climate Change Education
Janie Besharse [Conservation & Environmental Sciences, UWM]
2.
K-12 Initiatives to Combat Climate Change
Susan Ermer [Global Environmental Teachings, UW-Stevens
Point]
1.
Wind Power for a Cleaner, Stronger America
Jeff Anthony [Utility Programs and Policy, American Wind
Energy Association]
2.
Blue Sky Green Field and Beyond
Drew Szabo [Renewable Energy Development, We Energies]
3.
Add Bio and Solar Energy into Gas pipe line
T. C. Jen [Mechanical Engineering Department, UWM]
4.
Research Overview for UWM Wind Energy Group
David C. Yu [Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Department, UWM]
International and Energy Dimensions of
Climate Change
(Hamid Mohtadi)
1.
Climate Change and the Economics and Ecological Aspects of
Energy Use
Stephen Polasky [Applied Economics, University of Minnesota]
This session will explore both the
international and the energy aspects of
climate change as the two are inherently
interrelated. The session will consist of a
three presentations focusing on (a) the
economics and ecology of energy use of
2.
Designing International Environmental Agreements
Matthew McGinty [Economics, UWM]
3.
Climate Change and Economic Development: The International
Aspects
Hamid Mohtadi [Economics, UWM]
Global Climate Change and Health
(Anne Banda)
- no summary provided -
1-4
Global Climate Change: Education for
Awareness and Action – Part II
(Nicole Palasz and Sara Tully)
- no summary provided -
2-1
The promises of Renewable energy
(David Yu)
The current state of electricity generation
is mostly from limited, non-renewable
fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and
oil or environmentally unfriendly sources
such as nuclear and hydro. Renewable
energy only accounts for 7% of the total
fuel source for electric power generation
in US. Increasing the renewable energy
content in the mix of energy sources will
not only benefit the environment, but also
reduce the dependency on the traditional
fossil fuel. The challenge is how to
reliably integrate the renewable energy
into the existing energy supply systems.
This session highlights some of the
activities related to renewable at the
national, utility and university levels.
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climate change (b) the design of global
environmental agreements (c) the way in
which economics development affects
climate change and is affected by it.
2-3
Carbon Neutral Architecture in light of
the 2030 Challenge
(Jim Wasley)
Gregory Thomson [Architecture and Urban Planning, UWM]
Mike Utzinger [Architecture, UWM]
Buildings account for 36% of energy and
65% of electricity consumption in the
United States, contributing significantly to
total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The
2030 Challenge is a national initiative to
reduce the energy consumption of new and
renovated buildings towards the goal of
carbon neutrality by the year 2030. This
session will examine current research by
three UWM professors of architecture into
achieving this radical energy efficiency
goal through better design.
2-4
Close
Keelan P. Kaiser [Art, Design and Architecture, Judson College]
Great Lakes Responses to Climate
Change
(Harvey Bootsma)
1.
Subtle climate change and the effects of a shift in the average
wind direction over the Great Lakes Basin
James T. Waples [Great Lakes WATER Institute, UWM]
Recent evidence indicates that large lakes
in both temperate and tropical regions are
responding to climate change, sometimes
in unexpected ways. Due to the immense
importance of these systems with regard to
water supply, food supply, hydroelectric
power, transportation, and recreation, it is
imperative to understand how they are
influenced by climate, and to predict how
they may be affected by climate change.
This session will focus on recent data
documenting climate change impacts that
have already occurred on large lakes, as
well as predicted future impacts. Data will
be presented for both the North American
and African Great Lakes.
2.
Great Lakes Climate Change Thermodynamic Impacts
Assessment
Thomas E. Croley II [NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research
Laboratory]
3.
Climate and limnology in the African Great Lakes: Recent
changes, and implications for temperate lakes
Harvey Bootsma [Great Lakes WATER Institute, UWM]
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