NASA Carbon Research Program Policy Speaker Series
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| Previous Speakers | ||
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| 2024 | ||
| Tewodros Alemayehu GIS Analyst, Forests Ontario | June CMS Policy Speaker Series |
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| Gianpaolo Balsamo Director, Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) | An Overview of The Global Greenhouse Gas Watch PRESENTATION |
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| Heriberto Padilla Ibarra, Guardian Forestal (NGO in Mexico) | Forest Guardian: Saving Mexico's Forests Using EO, Coding, and a Pinch of Legal Insights PRESENTATION |
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| Argyro Kavvada, U.S. GHG Center Lesley Ott, NASA GSFC Erin McDuffie, U.S. EPA |
Implementing the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center PRESENTATION |
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| 2023 | ||
| Erica Smith, Community Forestry Manager, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation | Philly Tree Plan: Towards an Equitable Urban Forest
PRESENTATION |
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| Sylvia Troost, Senior Manager, Conserving Marine Life in the United States, The Pew Charitable Trusts Laura Brophy, Director of the Estuary Technical Group, Institute for Applied Ecology |
Integrating blue carbon into state climate planning and coastal management: overview, opportunities and needs PRESENTATION |
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| Dominick A. DellaSala, Chief Scientist Wild Heritage | Protecting mature and old-growth forests as natural climate solutions PRESENTATION |
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| Deborah Gordon Senior Principal, Climate Intelligence Program, RMI Kenzie Huffman Director for Strategy and Partnerships, Carbon Mapper Lekha Sridhar Senior Policy Analyst, WattTime |
How Will Next Generation Technology Affect Climate Talks? PRESENTATION |
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| Philip B. Duffy
Climate Science Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
With Comments from: Ken Jucks Program Manager, Upper Atmosphere Research Program NASA Earth Science Division, NASA HQ Grace Hu (TBC) Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Science & Space Branch |
Federal Strategy to Advance an Integrated U.S. Greenhouse Gas Monitoring & Information System PRESENTATION |
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| Donald J. Wuebbles Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois; Director of Climate Science at Earth Knowledge |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making: A Framework Going Forward PRESENTATION |
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| 2022 | ||
| Julian Reyes National Climate Hubs Coordinator U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Building community and climate resilience with the USDA Climate Hubs PRESENTATION |
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| Frances Reuland, Senior Associate RMI |
Know your Oil and Gas with the OCI+ Web Tool: Climate Intelligence for the Petroleum Sector
PRESENTATION |
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| Oleg Demidov, CEO CarbonSpace |
A satellite-powered technology to guide sustainability strategies in the food and forestry sectors PRESENTATION |
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| Jamie Collins, Bezos Earth Fund Fellow, Ocean Carbon Storage Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) |
Driving scientific consensus around ocean-based natural climate solutions PRESENTATION |
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| Fabian Reith, Postdoc in the Biogeochemical Modeling Group GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel |
Towards the Global Atlas of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and Negative Emission Technologies (NETs)
PRESENTATION |
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| 2021 | ||
| Jason Bordoff, Founding Director Melissa Lott, Director of Research Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA |
The Energy Transition in Perspective PRESENTATION |
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| Raymond Davis, Monitoring Lead - Older Forests & Spotted Owls,
Pacific Northwest Region Zhiqiang Yang, Computer Scientist at USFS Forestry Inventory & Analysis Program, Rocky Mountain Research Station USDA Forest Service |
Searching for Sanctuary: Lining up old-growth forest and carbon reserves with fire refugia in a changing climate PRESENTATION |
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| Stephane Germain, President GHGSat Inc |
Show Me the Data: Complementary Satellites are Providing Global Transparency in Methane Emissions - Now PRESENTATION |
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| Gianpaolo Balsamo, Team Leader for Coupled Processes European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Philippe Ciais, Researcher Climate and Environment Sciences Laboratory (LSCE) |
Monitoring CO2 Anthropogenic Emissions with an Earth system approach PRESENTATION |
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| Kate Larsen, Director of Climate Change Rhodium Group |
Show me the data: Renewed US climate ambition intensifies need for global emissions data PRESENTATION |
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| Ane Alencar, Director of Science, Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) with comments from Paulo Moutinho, Distinguished Policy Fellow at Woodwell Climate Research Center & Senior Scientist at IPAM |
The root causes of Amazonia fires PRESENTATION |
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| Nancy Harris, Research Manager for Global Forest Watch World Resources Institute Susan Cook-Patton, Senior Forest Restoration Scientist The Nature Conservancy |
Global maps of 21st century forest carbon fluxes; Nailing reforestation to the ground as a natural climate solution PRESENTATION |
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| 2020 | ||
| Jack Lewnard, Program Director at Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy | ARPA-E proposed REMEDY Program: Prevention and Abatement of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions PRESENTATION |
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| Lauren Lurkins, Director of Environmental Policy, Illinois Farm Bureau | Illinois Farmer Views and Uses of CMS Data PRESENTATION |
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| Stephanie La Hoz Theuer, International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) Rajinder Sahota, Division Chief, Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board Chris Hoagland, Climate Change Program Manager, Maryland Department of the Environment |
Emissions trading systems around the world and the role of satellite data PRESENTATION |
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| Zeke Hausfather, Climate Scientist and Energy Systems Analyst, Carbon Brief's climate science contributor | The role of carbon cycle feedback uncertainty in future concentration and warming outcomes PRESENTATION |
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| Lesley Ott, Research Meteorologist
Glen Peters, Research Director Alden Meyer, Director of Strategy & Policy |
Special Virtual Panel: Covid-19 and Its Impact on Global Carbon Emissions PRESENTATION |
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| Alex Rudee, Associate, U.S. Climate Initiative, World Resources Institute (WRI) | CarbonShot: Policy Options for Carbon Removal in the U.S PRESENTATION |
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| 2019 | ||
| Roger Sorkin, Founder & Executive Director, American Resilience Project | Wielding the Power of Strategic Narratives to Achieve Maximum Civilizational Security (and Communicate the Value of Science to Decision-makers) PRESENTATION |
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| Jae Edmonds, Chief Scientist and Battelle Fellow, PNNL Joint Global Change Research Institute | The Value of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement for Meeting Nationally Determined Contributions PRESENTATION |
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| David Reidmiller, Director, National Climate Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program | Climate Risks in America: Process and Findings from the
Fourth National Climate Assessment PRESENTATION |
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| 2018 | ||
| Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund | Methane emissions from the US Oil and Gas Supply Chain: Employing an unusual partnership to get rapid and comprehensive results PRESENTATION |
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| Deborah Gordon, Director, Energy and Climate Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Introducing the Oil Climate Index: Applying NASA's Satellite Data to Fill Gaps in Resource Decision-making PRESENTATION |
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| Lauren Fletcher, CEO & Founder, BioCarbon Engineering | Tree-planting Drone Technology for Global Scale Ecosystem Restoration PRESENTATION |
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| Lisa Hanle, Director of the MRV Support Program, GHG Management Institute | Building the People and Institutions needed for Greenhouse Gas Management PRESENTATION |
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| Jeff Allenby, Director of Conservation Technology, and Cassandra Pallai, Geospatial Program Manager, Chesapeake Conservancy | Enhancing Chesapeake Bay Restoration with High-Resolution Landscape Data PRESENTATION |
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| Walter Vergara, Senior Fellow & Forests and Climate Specialist, World Resources Institute (WRI) | Converting the Land Use sector in Latin America from a carbon source to a carbon sink PRESENTATION |
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| Charles Murphy, Manager, TreeBaltimore Nathan Randolph, GIS Specialist | The TreeBaltimore Partnership: Increasing Tree Canopy at the City Level PRESENTATION |
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| 2017 | ||
| Brendan Shane, Regional Director for North America, C40 Cities | How C40 Cities are bringing cities and data together to build a climate-safe future PRESENTATION |
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| Kevin Brown, Senior Geospatial Analyst Gabriel Sidman, Geospatial Analyst Winrock International |
Putting data to work – challenges and practical approaches to bring remotely sensed data into land use planning in the developing world PRESENTATION |
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| Naomi Swickard, Director of Land-based Frameworks, VCS | Leveraging standards for greater impact: the need for measurable outcomes to drive incentives PRESENTATION |
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| Charlotte Streck, Co-founder and Director, and Stephanie Roe, Senior Land Use Consultant, Climate Focus | Evaluating progress on international climate change and land use commitments: Paris Agreement and the New York Declaration on Forests PRESENTATION |
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| Amy Morsch, Director of Sustainability and Engagement, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions | Reducing Carbon Emissions Through Local Climate Policy: Recent Progress and Persistent Challenges PRESENTATION |
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| Steve Crooks, Wetlands Science and Coastal Management Principal, Silvestrum Climate Associates | Experience bringing coastal wetlands to the U.S. GHG Inventory and carbon markets PRESENTATION |
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| Andres Espejo, Carbon Finance Specialist & Forests and Landscapes Team Member, The World Bank | Challenges and Opportunities in Monitoring of Emission Reductions in World Bank Land Use Carbon Finance Programs PRESENTATION |
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| Joan Maloof, Executive Director, Old-Growth Forest Network | Linking Remote Sensing and Carbon Research with Forest Protection PRESENTATION |
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| Doug Boucher, Scientific Advisor, Tropical Forests & Climate Initiative, Union of Concerned Scientists | Ending Deforestation, Increasing Reforestation and Transforming Agriculture: What We’ve Done, What We Plan, What We Need PRESENTATION |
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| Stefanie Simpson, Blue Carbon Coordinator, Restore America's Estuaries | Blue Carbon Market Opportunities and Science Needs PRESENTATION |
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| Nancy Harris, Research Manager for Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute | Global Forest Watch Climate: Pixel perfection for carbon detection PRESENTATION |
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| 2016 | ||
| Eleanor Milne, Modeling Component Coordinator for Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Carbon Benefits Project, Colorado State University | The Carbon Benefits Project (CBP): Tools to estimate the climate change mitigation co-benefits of land management projects PRESENTATION |
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| Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui, Director of Forest Carbon Science, WWF | REDD+ MRV and reference levels: A synthesis of lessons learned PRESENTATION |
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| Phil DeCola, Chief Science Officer, Sigma Space Corporation | Progress toward an Integrated Global GHG Information System (IG3IS) PRESENTATION |
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| Everett Hinkley, National Remote Sensing Program Manager, US Forest Service Geospatial Management Office | Remote Sensing and Carbon Monitoring activities in the Forest Service PRESENTATION |
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| Leif Hockstad, Team Leader - US GHG Inventory, OAR - OAP Climate Change Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Monitoring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Paris Agreement PRESENTATION |
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| Dwight Gledhill, Deputy Director, NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program | Ocean Acidification From Space PRESENTATION |
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| Anne Conor, Domestic and International Government Advocacy Manager, Harris Corporation | City Scale Carbon Monitoring in Paris: Implications for COP21 and Beyond PRESENTATION |
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| Christopher Hartley, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Senior Environmental Markets Analyst of USDA Office of Environmental Markets | Beyond Carbon: Wetlands, Water and Habitat Markets PRESENTATION |
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| Anna Ngai, Senior Program Manager, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, Inc.) | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: CO2 Allowance Tracking System (COATS) PRESENTATION |
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| Fred Lipschultz, Regional Coordinator for the National Climate Assessment and Senior Scientist at US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) | United States Global Change Research Program’s (USGCRP) role at the boundary of science advancement and application:
Potential Interactions with CMS PRESENTATION |
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| 2015 | ||
| Amy Holm, Director of Programs & Operations at The Climate Registry | The Registry’s MRV Process and Water- Energy GHG Protocol Development PRESENTATION |
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| Tom Wirth, GHG Inventory Coordinator - AFOLU at US EPA Climate Change Division | Challenges with Including Alaska in the GHG Inventory PRESENTATION |
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| Ben Ratner, Senior Manager at Environmental Defense Fund | New and Future Developments in Methane Policy and Technology PRESENTATION |
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| Walter Vergara, Senior Fellow at World Resources Institute | The 20x20 Land Restoration Initiative in Latin America: Opportunity for Cooperation with NASA PRESENTATION |
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| Eric Schwaab, Senior VP/Chief Conservation Officer of the National Aquarium | Ocean Acidification Effects in Maryland Waters: Assessment, Findings and Recommendations PRESENTATION |
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| Kevin Townsend, Chief Commercial Officer, and Jeff Cole, Vice President of Portfolio Development, Blue Source | When New Carbon Markets and New Technologies Meet PRESENTATION |
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| Peter Claggett, U.S. Geographical Survey & Chesapeake Bay Program Office | Using Remotely Sensed Data to Inform Chesapeake Bay Restoration Policy Decisions PRESENTATION |
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| 2014 | ||
| Marissa Paslick, Maryland Public Service Commission | The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A Transparent, Simplistic, and Cost-Effective Approach to Reducing Power Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions PRESENTATION |
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| Tom Robinson and Karen Gaffney, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District | Climate and Conservation: Tools and data at the scale of land use decision-making PRESENTATION |
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| Emily Pidgeon, Senior Director of Conservation International’s Strategic Marine Initiatives | Blue Carbon: A transformational tool for marine management and conservation globally PRESENTATION |
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| Christine Conn, Director of Integrated Policy and Review, and Rob Feldt, Forester, Maryland Department of Natural Resources | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Applications Using LiDAR Data: The Big Picture" & "Better Forest Management Decisions Using LiDAR Products PRESENTATION |
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| Jeremy Freund, Vice President of Carbon Development, Wildlife Works Carbon | Protection in the Tropics: Reference Levels and MRV – Remote Sensing, In-Situ or Both? PRESENTATION |
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| Nalini Chhetri, Climate Change Science Manager and Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability | Boundary Processes in the Development of Phoenix's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for Operations PRESENTATION |
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| Melissa Weitz, Environmental Protection Specialist, Climate Change Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Methane in the Inventory of the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks PRESENTATION |
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| Jeffrey Watters, Director of Governmental Relations, Ocean Conservancy | Ocean Acidification: Connecting Science with Those Who Need It PRESENTATION |
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| Kate Calvin, Research Economist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Institute | Representation of the Terrestrial System in Integrated Assessment Models PRESENTATION |
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| Daniel Sarewitz, Co-Director Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes and Professor of Science and Society at Arizona State University
Mahmud Farooque, Associate Director Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University |
Uncertainty is Political! PRESENTATION |
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- Curator: Leanne Kendig