| A Review of the Economic Foundations of Climate Change Models |
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| Cosponsored by The Economist |
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Tuesday, November 16, 2004
9:00 AM
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Tuesday, November 16, 2004
4:30 PM
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| Location: |
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Directions to AEI |
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AEI, in association with The Economist magazine, is pleased to announce the Institute's Second Annual Climate Policy Conference. The conference will convene international panels of experts to examine the controversy over emissions forecasting scenarios and methods. The fundamental input of climate change models is derived from forecasts of future emissions of greenhouse gases, but in recent years there has been considerable discussion and dispute over the economic foundation of these scenarios. This conference will review the uncertainties of emissions forecasting, with an eye toward highlighting "best practices" that might be used to refine future climate change forecasts. |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Registration |
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| 9:00 |
Welcome: |
Christopher DeMuth, AEI |
| 9:15 |
Panel I: The IPCC SRES Emissions Scenario Process: An Overview |
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Chair: |
Harlan Watson, U.S. Department of State |
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Presenter: |
Hugh Pitcher, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories |
| 10:00 |
Break |
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| 10:15 |
Panel II: Critiques of Emissions Scenarios |
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Chair: |
Clive Crook, The Economist |
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Presenters: |
David Henderson, Westminster University, London |
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Warwick McKibbin, Australian National University |
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Discussant: |
Richard Cooper, Harvard University |
| Noon |
Luncheon |
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Speaker: |
James Connaughton, chairman, President's Council on Environmental Quality "Bush Administration Climate Policy" |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Panel III: Reducing Uncertainties in Emissions Forecasts |
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Chair: |
Ted Gayer, AEI |
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Presenters: |
Ross McKitrick, University of Geulph |
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Mark Strazicich, Appalachian State University |
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Panel IV: Roundtable Discussion on Decision-Making under Uncertainty: Where Do We Go from Here? |
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Chair: |
Steven F. Hayward, AEI |
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Panelists: |
Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University |
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Nasir Khilji, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |
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Adjournment | |
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| Available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. |
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More Information
Elizabeth White American Enterprise Institute 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: 202-862-4878 Fax: 202-862-7177 E-mail: EWhite@aei.org
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Media Inquiries
Veronique Rodman American Enterprise Institute 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-862-4870 E-mail: VRodman@aei.org
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