We are proud to announce the program for the "Bottom Line on Climate Change: Transitioning to Renewable Energy" on Friday, September 23 through Saturday, September 24, 2011. The conference will be held at The New School in Wollman Hall, 65 W. 11th Street, 5th Floor. To attend, please register. 

Friday, September 23

8:30am Registration

9:00am Welcome

David E. Van Zandt, President, The New School
Willi Semmler, Professor of Economics, New School for Social Research

9:30am Session I: Update on Trends on Global Warming Research

Peter Schlosser, Columbia University, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences / Earth Institute Associate Director and Director of Research

Managing the Risks of Uncertain Climate Thresholds
Klaus Keller, Penn State University, Associate Professor of Geosciences

11:15am Session II: Panel on Politics of the Transition to Renewable Energy

Overview of Climate Disruption, Urgency of the Need to Phase Out Carbon Emissions Rapidly, Importance of Honest Carbon Price (not cap and trade)
James E. Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences, Director / Columbia University, Adjunct Faculty

The Transition to Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Intensive Technologies - EU Approach and Experiences
Artur Runge-Metzger,   EU Commission, 'International and Climate Strategy', Director

1:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm Session III: The Politics of Low CO2 Energy (Nuclear, Fusion, Renewable Energy)

Artur Runge-Metzger EU Commission, 'International and Climate Strategy', Director

The Social Cost of Carbon
Frank Ackermann,   The Stockholm Environmental Institute, Director

Uranium Reserve, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Delusion, CO2 Emission from the Sea, and Electricity Supply: Reflections after the Fuel Meltdown of Fukushima Nuclear Power Units
Kozo Mayumi, University of Tokushima, Professor at the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences

3:30pm Session IV: New Technology of Low CO2 Energy (Nuclear, Fusion, Renewable Energy)

Natural Gas and Renewables in the U.S. Post-Fukushima
Mark Fulton, Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors, Managing Director

Energy Storing
Daniel Ou-Yang,   Lehigh University, Professor of Physics

Low CO2 Energy Sources
Klaus S. Lackner,   Columbia University (Earth Institute) Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Director

5:00pm Reception

Saturday, September 24th

8:30am Registration
 

9:00am Session V: Panel on Nuclear Energy after Fukushima?

The Economics of Nuclear Power
Frank Ackerman,   The Stockholm Environment Institute, Director

Global Strategies for an Environmentally Responsible and Energy-Abundant Future
Tom Blees,   The Science Council for Global Initiatives, President / Author

Political and Economic Aspects of Nuclear Power Generation in Japan
Kozo Mayumi, University of Tokushima, Professor at the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Charles Komanoff,  Carbon Tax Center, Director / Author

10:45am Session VI: Panel on Climate Policies, Green Energy and Employment

Gustav Horn, Macroeconomic Policy Institute of the Hans Boeckler Stiftung, Scientific Director

Standing at the Crossroads: Green Jobs for a Blue Economy
Bob Baugh,   AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council (IUC), Executive Director

Willi Semmler, New School for Social Research

12:50pm Lunch Break

2:00pm Session VII: How Fast is the Transition to Green Energy?

A Plan for Powering the World for All Purposes with Wind, Water, and Sunlight.
Mark Jacobson, Stanford University, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering / Atmosphere and Energy Program, Director

Presentation of IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation published by Working Group III of the IPCC.
Ottmar Edenhofer,  Working Group III IPCC, Co-Chair / Technical University Berlin, Professor of the Economics of Climate Change

4:00pm Session VIII: Panel on Green Energy and Developing Economies

Ottmar Edenhofer,  Working Group III IPCC, Co-Chair / Technical University Berlin, Professor of the Economics of Climate Change

Wolfram Schlenker,  School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Deepak Nayyar Jawaharlal, Nehru University / New School for Social Research

Lopamudra Banerjee,  New School for Social Research