Decisions Breakouts at Summer 2010 Meeting
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Wednesday
Session Title: Local Level Climate Change and Energy Decision Making Process and Assessment:
Earth Science data has a unique yet complex role in policy making. This session will explore how Chicago, the Southwestern U.S, other countries and industry are planning and designing climate and energy projects to help governments adapt to our changing world, mitigate climate change, and implement renewable energy projects. The session will also describe the technical, economic and other social aspects of these projects and decision making activities.
- 1:15 - 1:20 Session Goals and objectives (Ana Prados, UMBC and NASA/GSFC)
- 1:20 - 1:50 Ask the Climate Question: Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Urban Regions (Josh Foster, Center for Clean Air Policy)
- 1:50 - 2:30 The Chicago Climate Action Plan (Peter Mulvaney, City of Chicago)
- 2:30 - 2:45 Interactive Discussion
- 2:45 - 3:15 Break
- 3:15 - 4:00 The RetScreen Clean Energy Project Decision-Support System (Gregory Leng, Natural Resources Canada)
- 4:00 - 4:45 Improving Climate Services in the West: evaluation lessons from CLIMAS (Zack Guido, University of Arizona/RISA )
- 5:00 - 7:00 Poster session and reception
