The Energy and Climate Challenge: Have We Underestimated the Size of the Challenge?

September 16, 2008 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
CU-Boulder, Humanities Rm 1B50
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ABSTRACT: In April of this year, panelists Roger Pielke, Jr. and Tom Wigley, along with Chris Green, published a paper in the journal Nature arguing that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underestimated the technical challenge of responding to climate change. This forum will present the arguments from this paper and discuss their potential implications for the energy and climate policies of the next president, regardless of who is elected.

PANELISTS INCLUDE:

* Roger Pielke, Jr., CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
* Tom Wigley, National Center for Atmospheric Research
* Frank Laird, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver

Moderator: Carl Koval, CU Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative

This event is part of a semester-long lecture and panel series focused on how to meet rising energy demand while simultaneously bringing GHG emissions under control. It is intended to foster discussion and debate about these issues to coincide with the 2008 presidential campaign.