Meeting Overview/Summary:
JOINT MEETING
The Council will meet jointly with the Committees on Agribusiness, Conservation & State Lands, Energy, and Environmental Protection to participate in a Symposium on the Science and Economics of Climate Change
10:15 - 10:30: Welcome and Introductions
The Honorable Stan Mayfield, Chair, Environment & Natural Resources Council
10:30 - 12:30: Panel on the Science of Climate Change
Moderator: John Reilly, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research, Joint Program on the
Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Martin Manning, Ph.D., Martin Manning, Ph.D., Director, Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, Working Group I Support Unit, University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research: Evidence for Warming
Judy Curry, Ph.D., Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia
Institute of Technology: Evidence that Tropical Storms are Affected by
Warming
Brian Soden, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography,
University of Miami: What Can We Say About Regional Climate Change?
12:30 - 2:00: Lunch Break
2:00 - 2:30: Overview of Mitigation, Climate Policy, and Climate Risks
John Reilly, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:30 - 3:30: Panel on Impacts and Adaptation
Moderator: John Reilly, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harold Wanless, Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Geological Sciences, University of
Miami: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts
Wendy Graham, Ph.D., Director, Carl S. Swisher Chair in Water Resources, UF Water
Institute, University of Florida: Impacts on Water Resources
Jim Jones, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Department, University of Florida: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture
3:30 - 4:30: Panel on Mitigation Policies and Costs
Moderator: John Reilly, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Montgomery, Ph.D., Vice President, Charles River Associates International,
Inc.: Economic Cost of Mitigation at the State Level
Gilbert E. Metcalf, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Tufts University: Cap and Trade,
Carbon Taxes, Distributional Effects
4:30 – 5:00: Closing Comments