+ Agenda and Presentations
Agenda and Presentations
Morning Program
Eleventh Annual Rutgers Energy Institute Symposium
8:30 AM Coffee, pastries and registration
8:50 AM Welcome and Introduction to the Rutgers Energy Institute
Paul Falkowski, Director, Rutgers Energy Institute
9:00 AM Accelerating Energy Innovation for Climate Mitigation
Richard G. Newell, Gendell Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at
the Nicholas School of the Environment, Professor of Economics, and Professor of
Public Policy at Duke University
9:35 AM Tackling Climate Change: A Near-Term Actionable Mitigation
Agenda
Robert Watson, Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Center for Climate
Change Research, University of East Anglia
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Watson Presentation
(25.98 MB)
10:10 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM The SunShot Initiative: Getting to Ubiquitous Solar
Lidija Sekaric, Director of Solar Energy Technologies Office, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
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Sekaric Presentation
(2.91 MB)
11:05 AM The IPCC After Paris
Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
11:40 AM Panel Discussion
12:15 PM Student Energy Contest Awards
12:30 PM Lunch (Served under the tent on the Engineering Quad) Poster Session (display by tent weather-permitting; if raining Fiber Optic Auditorium, 1st Floor Hall)
Afternoon Program
Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: From the IPCC to New Jersey Practitioners
1:30 PM Welcome
1:35 PM Introduction to the IPCC
Hoesung Lee, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Lee Presentation
(11 MB)
1:50 PM Reflections on IPCC’s Progress
Robert Watson, Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate
Change Research, University of East Anglia
2:05 PM Key Risks of Climate Change: Reasons For Concern
Robert Kopp, Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute, and Contributing Author,
IPCC Working Group II (Chapter 19 Emergent Risks and Key Vulnerabilities)
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Kopp Presentation
(1.61 MB)
2:20 PM Human Security
Robin Leichenko, Chair Department of Geography, Co-Director Rutgers Climate
Institute, and Review Editor, IPCC Working Group II (Chapter 12: Human Security)
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Leichenko Presentation
(37.52 MB)
2:35 PM Risks From Geoengineering (Solar Radiation Management)
Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor, Environmental Sciences, and Contributing
Author, IPCC Working Group II (Chapter 19: Emergent Risks and Key
Vulnerabilities)
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Robock Presentation
(7.97 MB)
2:50 PM Experiences and Best Practices to Address Climate Change in New
Jersey
Moderator: Michael Catania, Executive Director, Duke Farms and Co-Chair, NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance
Panelists
Russell Furnari, Manager Environmental Policy Enterprise, PSEG Services
Corporation
Chris Huch, Community Resiliency Specialist, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine
Research Reserve
Stephen Marks, Municipal Manager, City of Hoboken
Pam Mount, Terhune Orchards
Nicky Sheats, J.D., Ph.D., Thomas Edison State University
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NJ Panel Presentation
(8.35 MB)
4:00 PM Adjourn
