National Climate Seminar

Please mark your calendars for this fall: The National Climate Seminar has a terrific line-up! Calls this year will be Wednesday at noon eastern. Assign the half-hour calls to your students, for a chance to hear top scientists, analysts and political leaders discuss climate and clean energy solutions.

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The National Climate Seminar, a twice-monthly discussion featuring top scientists, political leaders and policy analysts, is sponsored by The Bard Center for Environmental Policy, and made possible by a grant from The Clif Bar Family Foundation.


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Email questions prior to the call: climate@bard.edu

Call-In Number: 1-712-432-3100; Conference Code: 253385

Press
December 15, 2009: Obama at COP15: The Grand Deal and the Second Track
December 17, 2009: COP 15 & Schwarzenegger: "We are the Climanators" 


National Climate Seminar Speakers

Fall 2010
DatePresenterConversation
Sep. 8Bill McKibben, 350.orgauthor, Eaarth
Sep. 22David Orr, Environmental Studies, Oberlin CollegeTBA
Oct. 6To Be AnnouncedTBA
Oct. 20Bill Snape, Senior Council, Center for Biological DiversityTBA
Nov. 3Michael Mann, Dir., Earth Systems Science, Penn StateTBA
Nov. 17Bryan Walsh, Journalist, Time MagazineTBA
Dec. 1Juliet Schor, Economist and author, PlentitudeTBA


Spring 2010
DatePresenterConversation
Jan. 27William Schlesinger, Cary Institute of Ecosystem StudiesEcology of a Hot Planet
Feb. 3Joe Romm, Climate ProgressSenate Action: Yes or No?
Feb. 17Kristen Sheeran, E3 NetworkEquity and Global Warming
Mar. 3Larry Schweiger, National Wildlife FederationFacing Mass Extinction
Mar. 17Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action NetworkInside Look at the CLEAR Legislation
Mar. 31Nathan Richardson, Resources for the FutureEPA regulation of CO2 under the Clean Air Act
Apr. 7The Yes MenPranksterism for a Dead Serious Message
Apr. 14Denis Hayes, Bullitt FoundationEarth Day, 2050
May. 5Elysa Hammond, Clif BarTransforming Corporations Around Climate
May. 19Ross Gelbspan, JournalistDemocracy and Climate Solutions


Fall 2009
DatePresenterConversation
Sep. 9Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the FutureUS Policy: Eyes on the Prize
Sep. 23Stephen Schneider, Stanford UniversityMeaning of Business as Usual
Oct. 7Bill McKibben, 350.orgClimate Citizens
Oct. 21Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism SolutionsBusiness on Board
Nov. 4Andrew Revkin, New York TimesCopenhagen Prospects
Nov. 18Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, IPCCChina, India, and the US
Dec. 2Congressman Ed Markey's Staffers, D-Mass.What Washington Needs
Dec. 16Eban Goodstein, Director, Bard CEP; Director, National Teach-In for Global Warming SolutionsLive Report from Copenhagen