Good news - looks like buildings, agriculture, and natural resources are going to do the heavy lifting in solving AGW. Geoengineers need not apply. Greg
[Email-Banner-2]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/> [2014-Vision-2]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/51cbfca3f702fc2ba8130b34/> [2014-Registration]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/523af4fc0cf264abcd6728be/> [2014-Agenda]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/51cbfca3f702fc2ba8130b33/> [2014-Venue2014]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/523a08ef0cf264abcd587ac3/> [2014-Leadership]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/51cbfca2f702fc2ba8130aa0> [2014-Sponsorship]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/523208a70cf2ea76e5235e3a/> [2014-Exhibit]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/52320c310cf264abcccfb669> [2014-Posters]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/5238d2b30cf264abcd4024cd/> [2014-Collabs]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/523711040cf2ea76e573f557> [2014-Affiliates]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/5239e8f10cf2ea76e5aa415d> Please note the NEW VENUE: Hyatt Regency Crystal City<http://crystalcity.hyatt.com/en/hotel/our-hotel/map-and-directions.html> at Washington, D.C. 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Registration Rates: Individual Attendee: $495 - three days $275 - single day ____ Full-time Student: $345 - three days $190 - single day ____ Federal Employee: $445 - three days $250 - single day ___ Non-profit Organization: $395 - three days $220 - single day ____ University or Community College Affiliate Member: Complimentary The 14th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment: Building Climate Solutions will engage over 1,200 key individuals from many fields of sciences and engineering, government and policy, business and civil society to advance solutions to minimize the causes and consequences of anthropogenic climate change. The conference will be organized around two areas: [1]The Built Environment; and [2] Agriculture and Natural Resources. Under these two themes, 24 tracks connect the conference to specific initiatives led by partnering organizations that advance solutions. In this manner, participants will engage with and have lasting impact on real world responses to climate change. We invite you to join with others, work across traditional boundaries, and contribute your insights and skills to addressing the most significant environmental challenge of our time. [Register-Now-Button3]<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/523af4fc0cf264abcd6728be/> Don't Miss These Keynote Speakers [James Hansen cvent photo] James Hansen, former Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), is Adjunct Professor and at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he directs a program in Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions. He was trained in physics and astronomy in the space science program of Dr. James Van Allen at the University of Iowa. His early research on the clouds of Venus helped identify their composition as sulfuric acid. Since the late 1970s, he has focused his research on Earth's climate, especially human-made climate change. Dr. Hansen is best known for his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in the 1980s that helped raise broad awareness of the global warming issue. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1995 and was designated by Time Magazine in 2006 as one of the 100 most influential people on Earth. He has received numerous awards including the Carl-Gustaf Rossby and Roger Revelle Research Medals, the Sophie Prize and the Blue Planet Prize. Dr. Hansen is recognized for speaking truth to power, for identifying ineffectual policies as greenwash, and for outlining actions that the public must take to protect the future of young people and other life on our planet. Hansen will receive the John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture Wednesday, January 29th at 6:15 p.m. [Gummer - cvent] Rt. Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben,Chairman of the UK Government’s Committee on Climate Change, served for sixteen years as a British minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, as Employment Minister, Paymaster General in HM Treasury, Minister for London and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, before moving in 1992 to the Department of the Environment. John went into government from business, where he had first been a publisher and then chairman of a medium sized public company, specializing in distribution and communication resources. In 1997, he returned to his business roots, founding Sancroft to advise companies on their corporate responsibility strategy. John also chairs Valpak Ltd and the Association of Professional Financial Advisers and is a director of Castle Trust. Lord Deben will speak Thursday morning, January 30, at 9:00 a.m. [ginamccarthy8x10] Gina McCarthyis the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed in 2013. Appointed by President Obama in 2009 as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, she has been a leading advocate for common-sense strategies to protect public health and the environment. Previously, McCarthy served as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. During her career, which spans over 30 years, she has worked at both the state and local levels on critical environmental issues and helped coordinate policies on economic growth, energy, transportation and the environment. McCarthy will speak Thursday morning, January 30th, at 9:30 a.m. Key Plenary Speakers [Janetos-Headshot-150x150] Anthony Janetos recently joined Boston University as Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and Professor of Earth and Environment. Dr. Janetos was most recently Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute at the University of Maryland, and has held positions at The Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, WRI, NASA, and the EPA. He has written and spoken widely on the need to understand the scientific, environmental, economic, and policy linkages among the major global environmental issues. In addition to his research interests in the interaction of land systems with human needs and climate change, he has been an IPCC Lead Author and Coordinating Lead Author, and has served on multiple National Research Council Committees and Boards. His priorities for the Pardee Center are to foster the integration of natural and social sciences, so that it can continue its long tradition of “interdisciplinary, policy-relevant, and future-oriented research that contributes to long-term improvements in the human condition.” Dr. Janetos will be speaking on Plenary 1: Framing Climate Change Science on Tuesday, January 28th. [BSwett Headshot] Brian Swett is Chief of Environment and Energy for the City of Boston. Over the last year, Chief Swett has led a variety of major policy and program initiatives in Boston including developing and passing a building energy disclosure ordinance, launching Greenovate Boston, a sustainability education and outreach initiative, and kicking off Climate Ready Boston, a set of climate preparedness initiatives. Chief Swett is now starting efforts to update the City’s Climate Action Plan, which is due in 2014. Prior to his Boston appointment, Mr. Swett oversaw sustainability related initiatives at Boston Properties, worked for an environmental justice nonprofit, two socially responsible investment firms, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, and several offices in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Brian Swett will be speaking on Plenary 3: Framing Solutions on Tuesday, January 28th. [06_05_12_feature] Dr. James Johnson, Jr.is the Director of the National Center for Environmental Research at the EPA. As the Director of NCER, Dr. Johnson continues a life-long career dedicated to sustaining and advancing scientific research and education initiatives supporting environmental protection, quality of life programs and policies, and environmental workforce development. In this role, Dr. Johnson oversees NCER’s role in supporting cutting-edge, high-quality research by the nation’s leading scientists and engineers to improve scientific basis and knowledge for decisions on national environmental issues. Dr. Johnson has authored over 60 scholarly articles, contributed to four books, and co-edited two books. He is a registered professional engineer in the District of Columbia and a diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Dr. Johnson is the 2005 recipient of the National Society of Black Engineers’ Lifetime Achievement Award in Academia and the 2008 Water Environment Federation Gordon Maskew Fair Award. Dr. Johnson will be speaking on Plenary 2: Framing the Challenges Facing Societies on Tuesday, January 28th. [photo] Richard J. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. A pediatrician, he has served in many leadership positions in both environmental health and infectious disease with the California Health Department, including the highest, State Health Officer. For nine years he was Director of the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health in Atlanta and received the Presidential Distinguished Service award. In October, 2011 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Richard J. Jackson will be speaking on Plenary 3: Framing Solutions on Tuesday, January 28th. Exhibition Increase the profile of your program and initiatives. The Climate Solutions Exhibition is an excellent platform to spotlight your institution or company. Each booth includes one complimentary full conference registration and a discount on additional registrations. NCSE provides discounts for Non-profit Organizations and NCSE Affiliate Institutions. There is still exhibit space available: Click here for more information on exhibiting.<http://www.buildingclimatesolutions.org/topics/view/52320c310cf264abcccfb669/> If you do not wish to receive future emails from the NCSE Conference please click the link below. 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