Center News & Announcements
9 September 2013
Boykoff Speaking at University of Copenhagen on Media and Climate Change
On October 22, May Boykoff will be giving a talk at University of Copenhagen's Sustainability Science Centre on "What have future generations done for me lately? Making sense of the role of media in shaping awareness and engagement with climate change". Read more ...
5 August 2013
Congressional Hearing Featured Research by Weinkle, Maue and Pielke
At a July 18 hearing, “Climate Change: It's happening now”, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works considered a graph from a 2012 paper by CSTPR graduate student Jessica Weinkle (with Ryan Maue and Roger Pielke, Jr.) titled Historical Global Tropical Cyclone Landfalls. Read more ...
9 July 2013
Roger Pielke, Jr. to Testify at Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has invited Roger Pielke, Jr., to testify on July 18 at a full committee hearing entitled "Climate Change: It's Happening Now." He will be testifying on extreme events. Read more ...
9 July 2013
Roger Pielke, Jr. Speaking at Columbia University on Climate Policy
On July 11 Roger Pielke, Jr. will be speaking at Columbia University's Hertog Global Strategy Initiative on "Climate Policy for a High Energy Planet". The lecture will take place from 6:00-7:30 pm and will be streamed live on the Global Strategy Initiative website. Read more ...
20 June 2013
Bill Travis Speaking at AGU's Conference on Science Policy
On June 26 Bill Travis will be giving a talk on "Drowning and Drought: Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change" at the 2013 AGU Conference on Science Policy. The AGU Conference will be webcasted live. Read more ...
3 June 2013
Roger Pielke, Jr. to Serve as Next Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
Roger Pielke, Jr. will serve as the next Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, which sits within CIRES at the University of Colorado-Boulder, starting September 1. Professor William (Bill) Travis, who served as Director for the past 5 years, will be ending his term after overseeing strong growth in Center research and personnel. Read more ...
2 June 2013
Max Boykoff Speaking at AGU Chapman Conference
On June 9 Max Boykoff will be giving a talk on "The History of Climate Communication: A Journalist's Perspective" at the AGU Chapman Conference on Communicating Climate Science in Granby, Colorado. Click here for a list of live web sessions (registration is required: see registration link in the upper right).
21 May 2013
Amy Meyer Selected For Breakthrough Institute Internship
Amy Meyer, recent CU Boulder graduate and Van Ek Awardeee, has just been selected for a Breakthrough Institute internship this summer. As one of eight fellows, Amy will be participating in ten weeks of intensive learning, research, and writing under the guidance of Breakthrough staff. This will be followed by specific research projects culminating in research summaries, policy briefs, white papers, and presentations to funders and friends. Amy will be working in the Climate and Energy program.
16 May 2013
Max Boykoff Highlighted in CU Connections on Climate Change and the Media
When Hurricane Mitch stuck Honduras in 1998, Max Boykoff was a member of the Peace Corps, working with farmers on crop diversification and integrated pest management practices. The Category 5 event left thousands of people dead and millions homeless. Struck by the power of nature, Boykoff felt motivated to pursue questions of the environment, including those surrounding land management. After earning a Ph.D. in environmental studies at the University of California-Santa Cruz, he became a research fellow at the Environmental Change Institute and lecturer in geography at the University of Oxford. Read more ...
13 May 2013
New Book Release: Successful Adaptation to Climate Change
This edited volume by Susanne Moser and Maxwell Boykoff makes significant progress toward unpacking the question of successful adaptation, offering both scientifically informed and practice-relevant answers from various sectors and regions of the world. It brings together 18 chapters from leading experts within the field to present careful analyses of different cases and situations, questioning throughout commonly avowed truisms and unspoken assumptions that have pervaded climate adaptation science and practice to date. CSTPR contributors include Kanmani Venkateswaran, Adam Hermans, Alex Lee, Ben Hale, Lisa Dilling, and Aditya Ghosh. Read more ...
9 May 2013
New Book Release: CSTPR Researchers Contribute to Analysis of Southwest’s Climate Future
In an era of increasing climate instability, the southwestern United States faces strained water resources, greater prevalence of tree-killing pests, and potentially significant alterations of agricultural infrastructure. These threats and challenges as well as others are detailed in the new book, “Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States.” Read more ...
8 May 2013
Amy Meyer Receives 2013 Jacob Van Ek Scholar Award
Along with co-nominators Max Boykoff, Lakshman Guruswamy and Abby Hickcoxx, CSTPR is pleased that Amy Meyer has just been awarded a Jacob Van Ek Scholar Award at the Honors Convocation in the College of Arts and Sciences. Amy just completed a senior honors thesis which has sought to understand the potential impacts of the proposed Green Climate Fund for climate adaptation in the international climate policy arena. Read more ...
29 April 2013
Xi Wang Receives Albert E. Smith Emerging Scholar Award
Xi Wang recently received the Albert E. Smith Emerging Scholar Award from The Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) at the University of Colorado. The Smith Award provides support for innovative social science research on issues associated with human survival in a nuclear age. Read more ...
9 April 2013
Max Boykoff Speaking at AAG Annual Meeting
On April 9, Max Boykoff will be participating in an author-meets critics session assessing and responding to Boykoff's new book Who Speaks for the Climate? Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change. Read more ...
18 March 2013
‘Chasing Ice’ Filmmaker to Discuss Gripping Glacial Photography & Debut Unseen Footage
Filmmaker and adventurer James Balog will share his stirring and beautiful glacial photography revealing changes in climate at a free event at 7 p.m., Monday, April 1 in the University of Colorado Boulder’s Macky Auditorium. The event, “A Conversation with James Balog on the Art of Chasing Ice,” is hosted by Earth Vision Trust and CU-Boulder’s Inside the Greenhouse, a multidimensional project that explores the nexus of environmental science and the arts and humanities. Read more ...
4 March 2013
Marisa McNatt Chosen as 2013 Climate Media Fellows
Marisa McNatt was chosen as a 2013 Climate Media Fellows for the Heinrich Boll Foundation. The goal of the Climate Media Fellowship is to familiarize US energy experts with the European and German experiences transitioning toward a low carbon economy by emphasizing the role of increased energy efficiency and renewable energy in securing economic opportunities for business and industry, and communicate these into the US policy debate on a local, regional and national level. Read more ...
6 February 2013
Roger Pielke, Jr. Speaking at STEPS Annual Symposium in Science Policy
On February 6, Roger Pielke, Jr. will be giving a talk at the STEPS Annual Symposium at the University of Sussex on the complex relationship of science and politics. Read more ...
On February 4, Pielke participated in a panel on "What counts as good evidence for policy?" at London's Institute of Physics. Read more ...
31 January 2013
Max Boykoff Selected as 2013 Leopold Leadership Fellow
Maxwell Boykoff has been selected as one of 20 Leopold Leadership Fellows for 2013. Dr. Boykoff is among the 20 mid-career academic environmental researchers named as fellows this year. The group was selected through a highly competitive process on the basis of their exceptional scientific qualifications, demonstrated leadership ability, and strong interest in sharing their knowledge beyond traditional academic audiences. Read more ...
28 January 2013
Max Boykoff Participating in Tokyo Conference on Earth System Governance
Max Boykoff will be chairing a session on "Climate Governance" at the Tokyo Conference on Earth System Governance, 28-31 January 2013. More info.
10 January 2013
New Grant Awarded on Politics and Wind Power Systems
Max Boykoff, working with graduate student Shawn Olson, recently received a scholar's award from The Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) at the University of Colorado for a new project titled "Power Politics: The political ecology of wind farm opposition in Wyoming". Read more ...
8 January 2013
Lisa Dilling on Adaptation to Climate-Related Hazards
On January 8, Lisa Dilling will be giving a talk at the 93rd American Meteorological Society Meeting. Her talk will be on "Adaptation to climate-related hazards in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah: Explaining differences in local responses". Read more ...
3 January 2013
2012 GSA Public Service Award Presented to Roger Pielke, Jr.
Roger Pielke, Jr. is this year’s recipient of the Geological Society of America (GSA) Public Service Award. The GSA Public Service Award was established in 1998 in honor of Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and is awarded for contributions that have materially enhanced the public's understanding of the earth sciences, or significantly served decision-makers in the application of scientific and technical information in public affairs and public policy related to the earth sciences. Read more ...
5 December 2012
Roger Pielke, Jr. Receives Grant to Study Role of Philanthropy in Policy and Politics
Roger Pielke, Jr. recently received a $100k grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation for a new project on the role of philanthropy in policy and politics. Building on the engagement model first introduced in his book, The Honest Broker, the project’s goal is to help philanthropic organizations better understand how they might contribute to improved decision making through support of analyses that help policy makers make better decisions.
4 December 2012
The Science and Politics of Climate Change
On November 29, Roger Pielke, Jr. participated in NPR radio program Ideastream on "The Science and Politics of Climate Change".
28 November 2012
Southwest Climate Assessment of the National Climate Assessment
Several members of CSTPR contributed to the new Southwest Climate Assessment, one component of the ongoing National Climate Assessment. Bill Travis was a co-author of Chapter 1: Summary for Decision Makers, and Chapter 3: The Changing Southwest. Lisa Dilling and Max Boykoff were co-authors of Chapter 18: Climate Choices for a Sustainable Southwest. Ami Nacu-Schmidt created the majority of the images, which weave into a graphical story across the report. The Summary for Decision Makers is now available. The complete report will be available sometime this fall at www.swcarr.arizona.edu and www.cakex.org.
19 November 2012
CBC Radio Debate: The End of Economic Growth
Roger Pielke, Jr. participated in a debate which aired on CBC Radio on "The Deep Sixed". In the Deep Sixed series, we examine aspects of life we take for granted today that might not survive tomorrow. This week: economic growth. We consider the future of growth with help from Matthew Lazin-Ryder, host of CBC radio's The Invisible Hand, Jeff Rubin, former chief economist for CIBC World Markets and author of The End of Growth, and Roger Pielke Jr, Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and author of The Climate Fix.
13 November 2012
Max Boykoff Speaking at The Securitization of Water Discourse Workshop
On December 17, Max Boykoff will be giving a talk "Fight semantic drift: Interrogating public discourse(s) and the spectrum of environmental policy action" at the Securitization of Water Discourse - An International Workshop and Public Event Organized by the Jerusalem Water Group of the Hebrew University as part of the EU CLICO Project. Read more.
11 October 2012
Max Boykoff Awarded ICJMT Grant on Media and Climate Change
CSTPR is pleased to announce that University of Colorado Boulder has funded an ICJMT (Information, Communication, Journalism, Media and Technology) project along with Beth Osnes, Rebecca Safran, Tom Yulsman and Ryan Vachon. The project "Climate Corps" will focus on providing curriculum development specific to climate communication. Read more.
8 October 2012
Roger Pielke's Paper on U.S. Tornado Damage to be Published in Environmental Hazards
Roger Pielke, Jr.'s paper "Normalized Tornado Damage in the United States: 1950-2011" (co-authored with Kevin Simmons and Daniel Sutter) will be published in Environmental Hazards. Read more.
8 October 2012
Max Boykoff Participating in SEJ Plenary on Climate Change Communications
On October 19, Max Boykoff will be participating in a Plenary on Climate Change Communications at the Society of Environmental Journalists 22nd Annual Conference. More info.
28 September 2012
Ben Hale Awarded NSF Grant on Ethics, Public Policy, and Environmental Science
CSTPR is pleased to announce that NSF has funded a joint project between Northern Arizona University, the University of Montana, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. This project aims to develop educational resources that will enable graduate students in the natural sciences to develop the fundamental skills needed to navigate the intersection of ethics, public policy, and environmental science. Read more.
24 August 2012
CU-Boulder Red Cross Climate Centre Internship Call for applications
Improving Climate Change Communication and Adaptation Decision-making in the Humanitarian Sector. This project works to improve climate change communications and adaptation decision-making in response to climate variability and change within the humanitarian sector. Deadline to apply is November 1. More Info.
22 August 2012
CSTPR Welcomes Deserai Anderson Crow
Deserai Anderson Crow, assistant professor of Environmental Studies, recently joined the Policy Center. Her research interests include environmental policy and the role that mass media and other factors play in policy decisions. Read more. Welcome Deserai!
21 August 2012
CSTPR alum Erik Fisher’s STIR project highlighted in International Innovation
17 August 2012
CSTPR's 10th Anniversary Celebration
Please mark your calendar for CSTPR's 10th anniversary celebration Thursday, September 27 in the Old Main Auditorium. It will feature 4 panel discussions as well as a keynote address by Dr. John Holdren, science advisor to President Barack Obama. More Info.
14 August 2012
Second Most Emailed New York Times article by Ben Hale
Ben Hale’s article, The Veil of Opulence, was the second most emailed New York Times article on August 14.
9 August 2012
Max Boykoff's Work Referenced in Senate Floor Speech
On July 30, VT Senator Bernie Sanders referred to Max Boykoff's research on media coverage of climate change in his speech on the Senate floor on Monday.
31 July 2012
Max Boykoff Scheduled to Speak at Greenhouse Scholars Symposium "Progress vs the Planet"
On August 13, Max Boykoff will give a talk on "What have future generations done for me lately? Towards accountable sustainability in the 21st century" at the 2012 Greenhouse Scholars Symposium. His talk will be at 9:45 am in the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder. More info.
24 July 2012
Max Boykoff Scheduled to Speak on "On the Green Front" Radio Program
On July 25, Max Boykoff will be on the radio program "On the GreenFront" with Betsy Rosenberg. The program will air at 12:00 pm (MST). Click here to listen.
16 July 2012
Roger Pielke, Jr. Delivers Keynote Speech at CUAHSI 3rd Biennial Colloquium
On July 16, Roger Pielke, Jr. gave the keynote lecture at the CUAHSI 3rd Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering. The title of his talk was "Policy Relevant Science: A Minefield where Uncertainty, Ignorance and Politics Meet". Click here to watch video (Pielke's talk begins at minute 9:15).
9 July 2012
Roger Pielke, Jr. Awarded 2012 GSA Public Service Award
Roger Pielke, Jr. is this year’s recipient of the Geological Society of America (GSA) Public Service Award. The GSA Public Service Award was established in 1998 in honor of Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and is awarded for contributions that have materially enhanced the public's understanding of the earth sciences, or significantly served decision-makers in the application of scientific and technical information in public affairs and public policy related to the earth sciences. Read more ...
14 June 2012
Max Boykoff Speaking at the Second ISA Forum of Sociology in Buenos Aires, Argentina
On August 3, Max Boykoff will be speaking at the Second ISA Forum of Sociology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The title of his talk is "The emergence of climate contrarianism as a ‘wise (use)' social movement ". Read more ...
12 June 2012
Max Boykoff Interviewed in Climate Himalaya on "Who Speaks for the Climate?"
On June 12, Max Boykoff was interviewed in Climate Himalaya on his 2011 book "Who Speaks For The Climate? Media Reporting On Climate Change". Read more ...
12 June 2012
Max Boykoff Speaking at Essen Conference on the Cultural Dimensions of Climate Change and the Environment in North America
On June 29, Max Boykoff will be speaking at the Essen Conference on the Cultural Dimensions of Climate Change and the Environment in North America. The title of his talk is "Who speaks for the climate? Making sense of media reporting on climate change (in the context of the US Presidential Election)" . Read more ...
11 June 2012
Getting Personal with Climate Change: Lisa Dilling and Max Boykoff Highlighted
Lisa Dilling and Max Boykoff were both highlighted in a write up by the World Renewable Energy Forum. Lisa and Max participated in a session on "Communicating the Climate Change Crisis". Read more ...
5 June 2012
Max Boykoff Speaking at The Denver Café Scientifique
On June 12, Max Boykoff will be speaking at the Denver Café Scientifique on "Who Speaks for the Climate? Making sense of media reporting on climate change" at the Wynkoop Brewing Company. Read more ...
16 May 2012
Max Boykoff participating in CU Boulder Program for Writing and Rhetoric Seminar
On May 16, Max Boykoff will be giving a talk "Rhetoric of Climate Change Deniers" at the PWR Seminar at CU Boulder. Read more ...
15 May 2012
Max Boykoff and Lisa Dilling will Participate in Climate Change Session at 2012 World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver
On May 15, Max Boykoff and Lisa Dilling will participate in a session on "Communicating the Climate Change Crisis" at the World Renewable Energy Forum. Read more ...
24 April 2012
CSTPR alumni Adam Briggle has an article in Slate about the need to include multiple perspectives in the innovation process
CSTPR alumni Adam Briggle (now on the faculty at the University of North Texas) has an article in Slate about the need to include multiple perspectives in the innovation process: "We need to frack the innovation system-create fissures to let in more people and more perspectives. Researchers must obtain the informed consent of individuals participating in trials of new pharmaceuticals. The same should hold for things like shale gas development that amount to large-scale social experiments. Those of us living atop shale plays have been enrolled as unwilling human subjects of research. There are pitfalls to including the public in science and technology policies: Those who shout the loudest, even if they are a small minority, may end up setting the course. But these problems are no more difficult than those associated with getting gas out of shale. We just have not invested comparable time or intellectual energy into processes of design-by-democracy. Read more ...
18 April 2012
Max Boykoff speaking at Rachel Carson Institute in Munich
On April 18, Max Boykoff will be speaking at Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society's workshop on Eco-Images: Altering Environmental Discussions and Political Landscapes. Max will be giving a talk on "Visualizing Climate Change: International Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation". Read more ...
17 April 2012
Roger Pielke, Jr. speaking at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
On April 17, Roger Pielke, Jr. will be speaking at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities on "Lessons from 50 Years of Science Advice to the US President". Read more ...
12 April 2012
Roger Pielke, Jr. participating PhD Workshop at Maastricht University in the Netherlands
On April 12-13, Roger Pielke, Jr. will be participating in a two-day workshop on “Knowledge production for sustainable development” at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Read more ...
29 March 2012
Lisa Dilling participated in the Planet Under Pressure Conference
Lisa Dilling participated in the Planet Under Pressure Conference in London. She presented a poster on "Climate Adaptation Barriers and Opportunities in the United States: A Focus on Policy and Decision Making at the Sub-National Scale". Read more ...
27 March 2012
Jessica Weinkle Awarded CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship Program
CSTPR graduate student, Jessica Weinkle, has been awarded the highly competitive CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship Program for Fall 2012. Evaluations of the 2012 applications were based on each candidate’s academic accomplishments, research plan and significance, ability to communicate and work independently, letter(s) of recommendation, and the likelihood of future contributions to Earth system science. More info ...
20 March 2012
Roger Pielke, Jr., Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Linköping University
Roger Pielke, Jr., has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Linköping University, one of Sweden's top universities that focuses on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Read more ...
8 March 2012
New Video: Roger Pielke, Jr. on Science and Policy at the Lowy Institute
Roger Pielke, Jr., was interviewed at the Lowy Institute in February 2012 on the intersection between policy and science. Watch the video here.
28 February 2012
Max Boykoff's Talk on 'Who Speaks for the Climate?' aired on KGNU on Friday, March 2
On March 2, Max Boykoff was on KGNU's Booktalk program speaking about his 2011 book Who Speaks for Climate? Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change. Listen online. Read more ...
8 February 2012
Max Boykoff Scheduled to Speak at Boulder Book Store on 'Who Speaks for the Climate?'
Max Boykoff will be at the Boulder Book Store on Wednesday, February 8 for a book signing event on his 2011 book Who Speaks for Climate? Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change. Read more ...
30 January 2012
Upcoming Pielke Talk in Sydney at the Lowy Institute
On February 7, Roger Pielke, Jr. will be giving a talk at the The Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Australia on "Scientists in Policy and Politics". Read more ...
24 January 2012
Graduate Student Jessica Weinkle Blogs about Catastrophe Models
Writing at her blog, The Short Run, grad student Jessica Weinkle looks at recent catastrophe model filings in the state of Florida: In America's deep south, a region not so far away, hides a new foe threatening otherwise intelligent people's ability to decide. The Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Jim Donelone, has rung the alarm putting homeowners on alert of "The looming threat of the new cat model, RMS 11". This is the newest addition in the catastrophe model rogue gallery challenging the gallant efforts of state insurance regulating offices. The kryptonite in their coding is the incredible capacity to produce scientifically supported uncertainty thereby weakening the ability to control rates by politically hopeful insurance commissioners everywhere. A past episode between dueling regulating powers and risk predicting machinery demonstrated the societal cost inflicted by these dastardly foes creating uncertainty whenever plugged into a wall. In 2006, RMS rolled out an arbitrary change to their trusty hurricane catastrophe model in RiskLink 6.0, costing Florida homeowners $82 billion. Stay tuned to state regulating offices for the latest updates on the battle between man and machine. Read more ...
20 January 2012
Upcoming Pielke Talk in Canberra on 'The Climate Fix'
On February 2, Roger Pielke, Jr. will be giving a talk at Australian National University on his book The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming. This lecture is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Read more ...
17 January 2012
Max Boykoff's Co-Authored Book 'The New Carbon Economy: Constitution, Governance and Contestation' is Now Out
The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy. It offers key insights into the constitution, governance and effects of the carbon economy, across a variety of geographical settings. Read more ...
15 January 2012
Benjamin Hale invited speaker at the launch the Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics, in Doha, Qatar
In January 2012, Benjamin Hale was an invited speaker at the launch of CILE, the Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics, in Doha, Qatar. Read more ...
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