CENTER Events

Spring 2014 Seminar Series
Adapting to Change: Promise, Pitfalls and Politics

The Center’s spring 2014 noontime seminar series is focusing on Adapting to Change and includes the following presentations. Webcasts of completed talks are available online.

January 29, 2014
Place Attachment, Performance and Climate Change Adaptation
by Saffron O’Neill, Human Geography, University of Exeter

February 5, 2014
Knowledge Production, Access, and Use for Climate Adaptation at Local Scales in Northern Tanzania
by Meaghan Daly, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado

February 12, 2014
The Energy-Water Nexus: Where Climate Adaptation and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies Collide
by Kristen Averyt, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Western Water Assessment

March 5, 2014
Psychological and Community Correlates of Adaptation to Water Stress Among Smallholding Farmers in Sri Lanka
by Amanda Carrico, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado

March 12, 2014
Guinea Pigs of the Shale: Informed Consent and the Politics of Fracking
by Adam Briggle, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas

April 2, 2014
Reporting, Regulation, and the Governance of Climate Change in the U.K.
by Samuel Tang, Department of Geography, King’s College London

April 16, 2014
Visualising the Environment and the Politics of Representation
by Joanna Boehnert, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado

April 23, 2014
Playing with Fire: Social Interactions and Wildfire Mitigation Behaviors in Colorado
by Katie Dickinson, Climate Science & Applications Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado

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