Earths Future: Taming the Climate
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Day I: Thursday, April 22, 2004


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Welcoming Remarks
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
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Introduction to Day 1
G. Michael Purdy, Columbia University
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Earth's Changing Climate: Past, Present and Future
Michael McElroy, Harvard University
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Session 1: Climate Change Defined
Chair, Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University
Introduction
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Wallace Broecker, Columbia University
"An Insurance Policy Against a Damaging Global Warming"
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Mark Cane, Columbia University
"Climate Variation and Climate Change"
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Steven Wofsy, Harvard University
"Global Forests and Climate"
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Session 2: Responding to Climate Change: Living in a Greenhouse
Chair, Upmanu Lall, Columbia University
Introduction
Sir Partha Dasgupta, Cambridge University
"Discounting Future Gains and Losses"
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Jonathan Patz, Johns Hopkins University
"Climate Variability, Climate Change and Disease"
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Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
"Responding to Climate Change: Living in a Greenhouse (A View from the South)"
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Cynthia Rosenzweig, Columbia University
"Climate Change and a Global City: Potential Consequences in the New York Metropolitan Region"
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Session 3: Responding to Climate Change: Can We Stop It?
Chair, Christopher Field, Carnegie Institute at Stanford
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Raul Estrada-Oyuela, Ambassador, Argentina
"No, We Can't Stop It, However . . ."
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Michael Hanemann, University of California, Berkeley
"The Economic Costs of Action Versus Inaction"
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David Keith, Carnegie Mellon University
"Technology and Climate Change"
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Jorge Sarmiento, Princeton University
"Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change"

Friday, April 23

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Facilitating Change: A Practical Approach to a Low-Carbon Future
Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Va
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Session 4: What Limits Our Ability to Respond to or Stop Climate Change?
Chair, Scott Barrett, Johns Hopkins University
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Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University
"The Limits of Economic Policy-Making"
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Klaus Lackner, Columbia University
"Today's Limits to Climate Engineering"
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Daniel Schrag, Harvard University
"Ancient Perspectives on the Next 250 Years"
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Session 5: Findings: The Way Forward
Previous Panel Chairs and Keynotes
Chair, Robert Pollack, Columbia University
Introduction
Richard Alley, Columbia University
Scott Barrett, Columbia University
Partha Dasgupta, Columbia University
Christopher Field, Columbia University
Upmanu Lall, Columbia University
Michael McElroy, Columbia University
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New York State and the Climate
Governor George E. Pataki, Law 1970
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The Way Forward
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
Earth's Future
Scholars and decision makers discuss how to respond to climate change.

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