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Presentations From Fifth Annual California Climate Change Research Conference
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 |
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| 9:20 - 9:30 a.m. | CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN CALIFORNIA Chair: Commissioner Art Rosenfeld (California Energy Commission) |
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| 9:30 - 9:50 a.m. | Interface Between Climate Change Science and Policy in California Commissioner James Boyd (California Energy Commission) |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 a.m. | AB 32 and the Transformation of Transportation Board Member Daniel Sperling (Air Resources Board and University of California, Davis) |
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| 10:10 - 10:30 a.m. | Increasing California's Resiliency to Climate Change Secretary Mike Chrisman (Resources Agency) Note: No presentation to be posted. |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Open forum and questions from the audience | |||
| 10:50 - 11:05 a.m. | BREAK | |||
| 11:05 - 11:15 a.m. | Conference Overview Martha Krebs (California Energy Commission) |
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| 11:15 - 12 p.m. | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: THE FUTURE OF ECOSYSTEMS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE Dr. Terry Root (Stanford University) |
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| 12 - 1:15 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
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| TOPIC | REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS FOR CALIFORNIA: INITIAL RESULTS Chair: Guido Franco (California Energy Commission) |
MEASUREMENT OF GHG IN AMBIENT AIR Chair: Marla Mueller (California Energy Commission) |
| 1:15 - 1:35 p.m. | How Well Do Global Climate Models Simulate the Transport of Momentum, Heat and Moisture into the California Region? Tom Wigley (National Center for Atmospheric Research) |
Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A NOAA Perspective Arlyn Andrews (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
| 1:35 - 1:55 p.m. | Regional/California Dynamic Model and Statistical Techniques: Climate Certainties and Uncertainties Norm Miller (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
The CALGEM Project: Quantifying GHG Emissions from Central California Marc Fischer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| 1:55 - 2:15 p.m. | Anthropogenic Changes in California Hydroclimate, Snowpack, and Santa Ana Winds Duane Waliser (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
Species Associations of Common Pollutants and High GWP Gases in Southern California Movie 1 (goes with presentation page 4) (mpg movie, 11.3 mb) Movie 2 (MPG Movie, 12.4 mb) Tony Van Curen (California Air Resources Board) |
| 2:15 - 2:35 p.m. | Fine Scale Modeling of Hydroclimate over California and the West David Pierce (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
Using Isotope Measurements to Validate GHG Emission Inventories Diane Pataki (University of California, Irvine) |
| 2:35 - 24:55 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
| 2:55 - 3:15 p.m. | BREAK | |
| TOPIC | MITIGATION, IMPACTS, AND ADAPTATION STUDIES: ENERGY Chair: Pat Perez (California Energy Commission) |
INVENTORY METHODS Chair: Webster Tasat (Air Resources Board) |
| 3:15 - 3:35 p.m. | Cooling Summer Daytime Temperatures In Coastal California During 1948-2005: Observations and Implications for Energy Demand Robert Bornstein (San Jose State University) |
California's Emissions of High-GWP GHGs and Approaches for Improved Inventory and Verification Alberto Ayala (Air Resources Board) |
| 3:35 - 3:55 p.m. | Impacts of Climate Change on Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence From Billing Data Max Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley) |
Vulcan: A Collaborative High-Resolution Process-Based U.S. Fossil Fuel CO2 Inventory Project Kevin Gurney (Purdue University) |
| 3:55 - 4:15 p.m. | Impacts of Climate Change on Hydropower Generation in California: Different Perspectives from High and Low Elevation Systems John Dracup (University of California, Berkeley) |
A New Validated Model to Estimate GHG Emissions for Dairy Farms in California: Results and Application for Statewide Emission Estimates Bill Salas (Applied Geosolutions, LLC) |
| 4:15 - 4:35 p.m. | Statewide Impacts of Climate Change on Hydroelectric Generation and Revenues in California Kaveh Madani and Josue Medellin (University of California, Davis) |
Landfill CH4 Emmissions in California: Developing an Improved Field-Validated Methodology for a Regional GHG Inventory Jean Bogner (Landfills+ Inc. and University of Illinois at Chicago) |
| 4:35 - 4:55 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 |
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CONCURRENT |
SESSION A |
SESSION B |
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| TOPIC | IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STUDIES: PUBLIC HEALTH AND AIR QUALITY Chair: Paul English (California Department of Public Health) |
CARBON SEQUESTRATION Chair: Doug Wickizer (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) |
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| 8:30 - 8:50 a.m. | Climate Variability and California Low-Level Inversions Sam Iacobellis (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
Accounting for Potential GHG Benefits from Improved Fuels Management Practices on Forested Lands Sandra Brown (Winrock International) |
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| 8:50 - 9:10 a.m. | Community Vulnerability Assessments: Implications for Adaptation Strategies Helene Margolis (California Department of Public Health) |
Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Sacramento Delta Wetlands Roger Fujii (United States Geological Survey) (No Presentation Available) |
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| 9:10 - 9:30 a.m. | Impact of Climate Change on Photochemical Air Pollution in Southern California Robert Harley (University of California, Berkeley) |
WESTCARB Geologic CO2 Sequestration Field Tests John Henry Beyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 9:30 - 9:30 a.m. | High Temperatures and Human Mortality and Morbidity in California Bart Ostro (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) |
Altering Seawater Chemistry to Mitigate CO2 and Ocean Acidification Greg Rau (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
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| 9:50 - 10:10 a.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 10:10 - 10:25 a.m. | BREAK | |||
| TOPIC | IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STUDIES: WATER AND AGRICULTURE Chair: John Andrew (California Department of Water Resources) |
INFLUENCE OF LAND USE COVER AND CHANGE AND OTHER FACTORS ON REGIONAL CLIMATE Chair: Reza Navai (California Department of Transportation) |
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| 10:25 - 10:45 a.m. | Impact of Climate Change on San Joaquin Valley Water Supply and Potential Agricultural Adaptation Strategies Larry Dale (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
Black Carbon Measurements in the Mountains of California: Sources and Impacts Odelle Hadley (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 10:45 - 11:05 a.m. | Multi-Objective Policy Performance of the Delta with Sea Level Rise and Other Future Conditions Jay Lund (University of California, Davis) |
Global Cooling: Technologies to Increase World-wide Urban Albedos to offset CO2 Hashem Akbari (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 11:05 - 11:25 a.m. | Potential for Adaptation to Climate Change in an Agricultural Landscape in the Central Valley of California Louise Jackson (University of California, Davis) |
The Effects of Irrigation on Past and Future Temperatures in the Central Valley David Lobell (Stanford University) |
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| 11:25 - 11:45 a.m. | Cascade: a Scenarios Analysis of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Ecosystem David Schoellhamer (United States Geological Survey) |
Measurements of Black Carbon and Ozone and Their Implied Climate Forcing in California Short Flight Video (Windows Media, 17.4 mb) Craig Corrigan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| 11:45 - 12 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 12 - 12:25 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
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| 12:25 - 1:10 p.m. | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: THE RISE OF GLOBAL SEA LEVELS Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany) Broadcast from Germany via WebEx |
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| TOPIC | IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STUDIES: COASTAL RESOURCES Chair: Leslie Lacko (San Francisco Conservation and Development Commission) |
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Chair: Armand G. Gonzales (California Department of Fish and Game) |
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| 1:15 - 1:35 p.m. | Sea Level and Run-Up Projections Along the California Coast Peter Bromirski (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) This presentation was removed at the presenters request. |
Climate Change and the Future of California's Endemic Flora Scott Loarie (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 1:35 - 1:55 p.m. | Assessing Inundation Vulnerability Due to Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay Noah Knowles (United States Geological Survey |
Invasive Species and Climate Change Doug Johnson (California Invasive Plant Council) |
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| 1:55 - 2:15 p.m. | Recent Subsidence in Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Revealed by Space-Based Geodesy Ben Brooks (University of Hawaii) |
Recent Findings from the Grinnell Resurvey Project: Changes in Avian and Mammal Diversity over the Past Century Craig Moritz (University of California, Berkeley)) |
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| 2:15 - 2:35 p.m. | CALFED Science Program-Putting Climate into the Mix Cliff Dahm (CALFED) |
Uncertainty, Scale and Cost: Redesigning Conservation in the Face of Climate Change Lee Hannah (Conservation International) (No Presentation Available) |
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| 2:35 - 2:50 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 2:50 - 3:05 p.m. | BREAK | |||
| TOPIC | SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN CALIFORNIA Chair: Sarah Pittiglio (California Energy Commission) |
POTENTIAL LARGE REGIONAL CLIMATE STUDIES FOR CALIFORNIA IN 2010 Chair: Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| 3:05 - 3:25 p.m. | Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Research Priorities for California Susanne Moser (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
What Can Be Gained from Yet One More Major Field Study? Eileen McCauley (California Air Resources Board) and Guido Franco (California Energy Commission) |
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| 3:25 - 3:45 p.m. | Enabler or Obstructionist? Law and Climate Change Adaptation Margaret R. Caldwell (Stanford University) |
CalNex: Plans for a 2010 Climate Change and Air Quality Field Study in California David Parrish (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
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| 3:45 - 4:05 p.m. | Social Science Insights on the Transition to Sustainability Daniel Mazmanian (University of Southern California) |
CalWater: An Experiment Addressing Scientific Uncertainties in Climate Projections of Water Supply and Flooding in California Marty Ralph (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
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| 4:05 - 4:20 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. | POSTER SESSION Chair: Sarah Pittiglio (California Energy Commission) |
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 |
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CONCURRENT |
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| TOPIC | THE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA (BICCCA) Project Chair: Kurt Malchow (California Resources Agency) |
LONG-TERM LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY PATHWAYS FOR CALIFORNIA Chair: Andrew Altevogt (California Environmental Protection Agency) |
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| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Overview Terry Root (Stanford University) |
Compliance Responsibility and Allowance Allocation in a CO2 Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program for the Electricity Sector in California Karen Palmer (Resources for the Future) |
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| 8:45 - 9:05 a.m. | Quaternary Fossils from Northern California Reveal Mammalian Response to Climatic Change Jessica L. Blois (Stanford University) |
Long-Term Potential for Energy Efficiency in California Buildings and Industry Eric Masanet (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 9:05 - 9:25 a.m. | Elevational Shifts in Breeding Bird Distributions over a 26-Year Period in a Southern California Desert Region Lori Hargrove (University of California, Riverside) |
Impact of Different Transportation Fuels and Technologies in the Natural Gas and Electricity System of California Alan Lamont (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) |
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| 9:25 - 9:45 a.m. | Climate Change Impacts on the Biological Productivity of the Coastal Ocean Jeffrey Dorman (University of California, Berkeley) |
Routes to Carbon-Neutral Transportation Fuels Derived from Solar Energy: The Helios Project Elaine Chandler (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
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| 9:45 - 10:05 a.m. | Managing Grassland Biodiversity Into an Uncertain Future Blake Suttle (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
Fire and Carbon: The Role of Forests and Other Terrestrial Ecosystems in California Max Moritz (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 10:05 - 10:20 a.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 10:10 - 10:20 a.m. | BREAK | |||
| TOPIC | POTENTIAL SECTORAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS Chair: Alan Sanstad (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION STUDIES Chair: Joe O'Hagan (California Energy Commission) |
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| 10:35 - 10:55 a.m. | Mapping Vulnerability to Wildfire: Property Losses and Suppression Costs Anthony Westerling (Sierra Nevada Research Institute) |
Can We Detect Climate Change in Western Hydroclimate? Hugo Hidalgo (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| 10:55 - 11:20 a.m. | Economic Impacts of Climate Change on California Agriculture Charles Kolstad (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
Human-Induced Temperature Changes in the Mountainous Western United States Celine Bonfils (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) |
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| 11:20 - 11:40 a.m. | Estimating the Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Southern California Beaches Linwood Pendleton (Coastal Ocean Values Center/University of California, Los Angeles) |
Observed Changes in Vegetation Patterns in California James Thorne (UC Davis) |
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| 11:40 - 12:00 a.m. | Assessing the Costs of Sea-Level Rise Along the California Coast and In San Francisco Bay Peter Gleick (Pacific Institute) No Presentaiton Available |
Including Model Quality Information in Detection and Attribution Studies: One Model, One Vote? Ben Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Please note that this presentation will not be posted on the website at the presenter's request! |
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| 12 - 12:15 p.m. | Q & A |
Q & A |
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| 12:15 - 1:10 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK |
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| 1:10 - 2:10 p.m. | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION - WHAT SHOULD CALIFORNIA DO? Dr. Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley) and Dr. Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
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| TOPIC | MODELS FOR IMPROVING CLIMATE RESILIENCY Chair: Darren Bouton, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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| 2:15 - 2:25 p.m. | Opening Remarks and Introductions Darren Bouton No Presentation Available |
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| 2:25 - 2:35 p.m. | The Key Vulnerabilities and Risks of Climate Change Steve Schneider (Professor, Stanford University) |
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| 2:35 - 2:45 p.m. | California Water and Climate Change Adaptation Lester Snow (Director, CA Department of Water Resources) No Presentation Available |
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| 2:45 - 2:55 p.m. | Climate Change: Adaptation Challenges and Prospects for California Louise Bedsworth (Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California) |
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| 2:55 - 3:05 p.m. | Adaptation Planning for Local Governments Gary Cook (Deputy Director, ICLEI U.S.A.) |
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| 3:05 - 3:15 p.m. | Climate Change and Investment Strategies Ian Noble, Climate Change Advisor, The World Bank |
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| 3:15 - 3:25 p.m. | The Climate Change Resilience Initiative Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio (Senior Research Associate, Rockefeller Foundation)Darren Bouton |
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| 3:25 - 4:00 p.m. | Panel Questions and Answers |
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| 4:00 - 4:10 p.m. | CLOSING REMARKS |
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