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Communicating Climate Science Granby, Colorado USA | 8-13 June 2013 Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look to the Future AGU Chapman Conference on Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look to the Future Granby, Colorado 8-13 June 2013 Conveners Climate Science Natalia Andronova (Expertise: Climate sensitivity and feedbacks) University of Michigan Phil Rasch (Expertise: Climate Modeling and research in Geoengineering) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory James Byrne (Expertise: Global Environmental Change, Water Resources, Science Education and Communication) University of Lethbridge Climate Science History and Communication John Perry (Expertise: Climate Science History and Communication) – senior member National Research Council (retired) Naomi Oreskes (Expertise: Science History, Climate Science Communication) University of California San Diego Program Committee Climate Science Ben Santer (Expertise: Climate trends; data analysis) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Ken Caldeira (Expertise: Climate, carbon, and energy) Carnegie Institution of Washington Myles Allen (Expertise: Attribution climate change) University of Oxford, UK Gabi Hegerl (Expertise: Climate variability) The University of Edinburgh, UK Alan Robock (Expertise: Climate radiative forcing) Rutgers University Vladimir Kattsov (Expertise: Arctic climate variability and trends) Main Geophysical Observatory, Russia Mike Mastrandrea (Expertise: Integrated assessment modeling) Stanford University 2 Social Science Michael Oppenheimer (Expertise: Environmental policy) Princeton University Paul Edwards (Expertise: Information infrastructures; climate science) University of Michigan Steven Lloyd (Expertise: Sustainability) Syracuse University Journalists/Communicators Bud Ward (Expertise: Climate change communication) Yale University Oliver Morton (Expertise: Journalist, Energy and Environment Editor) The Economist Magazine Thank You to Our Sponsors The AGU would like to take the time to thank our generous sponsor for their support of the 2013 Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look to the Future, Chapman Conference. Thank You to Our Partners The conveners wish to acknowledge the generous support for this conference from our partners. Note: Attendees at the Chapman conference may be photographed by AGU for archival and marketing purposes. No photography will be permitted during scientific sessions. 3 AGU Chapman Conference on Communicating Climate Science: A Historic Look to the Future Meeting At A Glance Saturday, 8 June 2013 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Icebreaker 6:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Opening Remarks, Logistics 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Entertainment by Lynda Williams 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Presentation by the American Geophysical Union – “Where Shall I Go; What Shall I Do?: How and Why to Communicate Climate Science to Many Different Audiences” Sunday, 9 June 2013 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Session – Perspectives on Communication of the Climate Science from the Early Days I 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Q&A/Discussion 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Coffee Break 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Session – Perspectives on Communication of the Climate Science from the Early Days II 10:45 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Q&A/Discussion 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 1:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Session – New and Bleeding Edge Topics in Climate Science I 2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Q&A/Discussion 1.3 3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Coffee Break 3:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session – New and Bleeding Edge Topics in Climate Science II 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Q&A Discussion 1.4 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner on Your Own 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Poster Session 1.3/1.4-1.P Monday, 10 June 2013 8:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Session – Better Climate Communication 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Q&A/Discussion 2.1 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session – Climate Communication with the Public I 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Session – Climate Communication with the Public II 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Q&A/Discussion 2.2 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Coffee Break 2:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Session – New Media and New Thinking About Messages and Messengers: Innovative Ways Forward I 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Coffee Break 4:40 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Discussion Session 2.4 – New Media and New Thinking About Messages and Messengers 5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner on Your Own 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Poster Session 2.1/2.2 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Tutorial: Talking with the Media 4 Tuesday, 11 June 2013 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Session - Climate Change in the Classroom 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Q&A Discussion 3.1 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session – Communicating with Policy Makers 11:30 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Q&A/Discussion 3.2 11:40 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Coffee Break 11:55 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Field Trip to Rocky Mountain National Park 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Banquet Dinner Wednesday, 12 June 2013 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Session – Toward an Integrated Approach to Climate Education, Communications and Outreach I 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Discussion Session 4.2 – An Integrated Approach to Climate Education, Communication and Outreach 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Virtual Session: Psychological Determinants of Communicating Climate Change 1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Q&A Discussion 4.2 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Session – Shifting the Paradigm in Climate Communication and Education I 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break 3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Session – Shifting the Paradigm in Climate Communication and Education II 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner on Your Own 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Poster Session 4.3 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Tutorial: Communicating Climate Science to Policy Makers Thursday, 13 June 2013 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Plenary and Breakouts 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Closing Remarks 12:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 5 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM SATURDAY, 8 JUNE 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception 6:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m. - Drinks/Icebreaker 6:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m. - Opening Remarks, Logistics 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. - Entertainment, Lynda Williams Presentation by American Geophysical Union Indian Peaks Conference Room 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Joan Burhman | Presentation - Where shall I go; What Shall I Do?: How and Why to Communicate Climate Science to Many Different Audiences (INVITED) SUNDAY, 9 JUNE Perspectives on Communication of the Climate Science I Presiding: Natalia Andronova Indian Peaks Conference Room 8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. Michael MacCracken | A Retrospective on Early Climate Science From a Physical Scientists Point of View (INVITED) 8:25 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Spencer R. Weart | History of Relations Among Climate Scientists, Policy-makers and the Public in the 20th Century (INVITED) 8:50 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Maxwell Boykoff | The History of Climate Communication: A Journalist’s Perspective (INVITED) 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Q&A/Discussion 1.1 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Coffee Break Perspectives on Communication of the Climate Science II Presiding: James Byrne Indian Peaks Conference Room 9:45 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Paul N. Edwards | The History and Future of Knowledge Infrastructures in the Earth System Sciences (INVITED) 10:05 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. Stephan Lewandowsky | Scientific Uncertainty in Public Discourse: The Case for Leakage Into the Scientific Community (INVITED) 10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Michael E. Mann | The Battle to Communicate Climate Change: Lessons from The Front Lines (INVITED) 6 10:45 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Q & A Discussion 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own (Sunday) New and Bleeding Edge science Topics in Climate Science I Presiding: Philip Rasch Indian Peaks Conference Room 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Richard B. Alley | State of the Climate System (INVITED) 1:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. Alan Robock | Trying to Tell the World about Nuclear Winter – Denial Ain’t Just a River in Egypt (INVITED) 2:05 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. Clara Deser | Communication of the Role of Internal Variability in Climate Change Projections 2:25 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Q&A/Discussion 1.3 3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Afternoon Coffee Break New and Bleeding Edge Topics in Climate Science II Presiding: Philip Rasch Indian Peaks Conference Room 3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. Lori Bruhwiler | Artic Permafrost and Carbon Climate Feedbacks 3:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Peter Gleick | Grand Challenges at the Interface of Climate, Hydrology and Water Systems 4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Phil Rasch | Geoengineering: A Challenging Topic for Science, Communications, and Society 4:20 p.m.
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