This is TOMORROW from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences on what social sciences suggest about whether NDCs will be implemented and how we might improve on that. The event will be live webcast and archived at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BECS/DBASSE_171101
The National Academies of Sciences-Engineering-Medicine Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Board on Environmental Change and Society Invites you to: *Moving on From Paris: Implementation Lessons from Social Science* The National Academy of Sciences Keck Center - Room 100 500 5th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 April 28, 2016 Purpose of this meeting: The Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS) is holding this seminar to explore the consequences of the 2015 UNFCC Paris climate summit. This summit drew 196 countries, the majority of which agreed to formulate individual Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDC’s), or national climate plans, to meet internationally negotiated global mean temperature targets by 2100. In contrast to past international climate efforts, including the 1992 Kyoto protocol, NDC pledges were completely voluntary and represent a new, bottom-up approach to international climate agreements. This seminar will explore the benefits and risks of this voluntary bottom-up approach, as well as how the behavioral and social sciences might help inform national climate plan implementation efforts at multiple levels of organization. Background Paper and Bios here: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/becs/dbasse_171101 To Register: http://sgiz.mobi/s3/bc1ae51021f5 AGENDA 10:00 am Registration 10:30 am Welcome, Introduction, Seminar Background and Objectives Richard Moss, Joint Global Change Research Institute, BECS Chair J. Timmons Roberts, Brown University, BECS Member 10:40 am Introduction to the Paris Climate Summit Negotiations Reed Schuler, US Department of State 10:50am Panel 1: The bottom-up approach for international agreements, and the uncertainties in meeting the climate targets of national climate plans Moderator: Richard Moss, Joint Global Change Research Institute, BECS Chair David Victor, Director of the International Law and Regulation Laboratory, University of California-San Diego Nathan Hultman, University of Maryland Leon Clarke, Joint Global Change Research Institute Gavin Schmidt, Director NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Keya Chatterjee, Executive Director US Climate Action Network 12:15pm Lunch 1:00 pm Panel 2: Institutional and behavioral responses to policy and technology initiatives Moderator: J. Timmons Roberts, Brown University, BECS Member Joseph Aldy, Harvard University Jennie Stephens, University of Vermont Michael Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt Law School Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University 2:30pm Closing Remarks/Discussion Moderator: Hallie Eakin, Arizona State University, BECS Member -- Timmons www.climatedevlab.brown.edu "It is well to have visions of a better life than that of every day, but it is the life of every day from which elements of a better life must come." --Maeterlinck J. Timmons Roberts Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology Brown University https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jr17 Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, 2012-14 http://www.brookings.edu/experts/robertst Co-Director, The Climate and Development Lab: http://www.climatedevlab.brown.edu [email protected]; skype: timmonsroberts; on Twitter @timmonsroberts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
