Summit No. 2: Natural Resource Stewardship
December 4-6, 2006
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The Real Economy: A report by Dr. Robert Costanza [PDF / 97KB] |
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Net Energy/Full Cost Accounting: A Framework for Evaluating Energy Options and Climate Change Strategies A report from Robert Costanza and Cutler Cleveland [PDF / 61KB] |
| The Energy Innovation Imperative Addressing Oil Dependence, Climate Change, and Other 21st Century Energy Challenges, an article and slide show from John P. Holdren Natural-Resource Impacts of Climate Change: What Do We Know? [PPT / 2.23MB] The Energy Innovation Imperative: Addressing Oil Dependence, Climate Change, and Other 21st Century Energy Challenges [PDF / 205KB] |
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The Impacts of Climate Change A report by Rosina Bierbaum, Dean and Professor National Leadership Summit on Natural Resources and Climate Change WINGSPREAD, December 4, 2006 [PPT / 9.1 MB] |
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The following PDF documents are a few recent publications from WRI that might be of
interest, especially for the Forest/Agriculture team. REFORMING AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES "No Regrets" Policies for Livelihoods and the Environment [PDF / 482KB] AWAKENING THE DEAD ZONE: An Investment for Agriculture, Water Quality, and Climate Change [PDF / 203KB] BEYOND THE RFS: The Environmental And Economic Impacts Of Increased Grain Ethanol Production In The U.S. [PDF / 313KB] GREENING THE TAX CODE [PDF / 722KB] CONSERVATION BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: Cost-Share, And Water Quality Trading Programs [PDF / 322KB] PAYING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE: Investing In Farmers and The Environment [PDF / 219KB] AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: The Policy Context [PDF / 686KB] The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board Summary is also highly recommended - it can be downloaded at: www.maweb.org/en/products.aspx |
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The following Power Point presentations were contributed by Theodore Heintz, who coordinates the development of sustainability indicators at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and who will be a discussant in the summit breakout on "Making Sustainable Decisions". Plans for the Collaboration on Indicators on the Nation's Environment (CINE) [PPT / 95KB] The Roles of Indicators in Making Sustainable Decisions [PPT / 133KB] |
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High Stakes: Designing emissions pathways to reduce the risk of dangerous climate change [PDF / 2.8 MB] |
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Working Together Holistically: A Symphonic Approach To Watershed Management By G. Tracy Mehan III [PDF / 40 KB] |
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A Lloyd's Insurance Industry Report on Global Warming [PDF / 1.1 MB] |
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The Wildlife Conservation Society. Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund 2006 Grants Program – A Request for Proposals [PDF / 58.0 KB] |
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News for Immediate Release --> July 10, 2006 DWR Report Looks at Climate Change Impact on Water Resources |
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Paul Brown, President of the Public Services Group at CDM, is one of the sponsors of the National Leadership Summits. He also sponsored and addressed "Cities of the Future: Creating Blue Water in Green Cities" , an international meeting at Wingspread in July on urban water management. His remarks are very relevant to the upcoming work of the Natural Resources Summit. [PDF / 36.0 KB] |
| Fast Facts -- The U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [PDF / 248KB] |
| For literature on the impact of climate change in snow country, see http://www.savesnow.com/ |
| Is Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture
Economically Feasible? Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit? |
| CCX Agricultural Soil Carbon Offsets [PDF / 172KB] |
| Sequestration News Feature: Black is the New Green [PDF / 1.56MB] |
| Paving Our Way to Water Shortages: How Sprawl Aggravates the Effects of Drought [PDF / 944KB] |
| Water Quality Monitoring in the Age of Information [PDF / 2.57MB] |
Wildfire Increase Linked to Climate
Higher temperatures over 34 years -- rather than land-use changes -- have led to more blazes,
researchers say. They're sure it's not a fluke.
Rising temperatures throughout the West have stoked an increase in large wildfires over the past 34 years as spring comes earlier, mountain snows melt sooner and forests dry to tinder, scientists reported Thursday.
The complete article can be viewed here.
| The Cadmus Group, Inc. is pleased to present this half-day workshop: Nanotechnology: Managing Health and Environmental Risks [PDF / 4.27MB] |
Getting Fresh
by David Roberts. A chat with freshwater experts Peter Gleick and William K. Reilly.
www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/06/30/roberts/index.html?source=weekly
Climate change could cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, scientists say.
www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html
In October 2005, King County, Washington sponsored A Climate Change Conference. The summary report and various session reports can be found on the website. Please follow the link for "Conference Results", then the one for "Breakout Sessions.
Forecasting Environmental Changes: A Report of the 5th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment,
Craig M. Schiffries, ed., 2005: http://ncseonline.org/2005conference/2005_Conference_Report.pdf
Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future: A Report of the 4th National Confernce on Science, Policy and the Environment,
Craig M. Schiffries and Amanda Brewster eds., 2004: http://ncseonline.org/conference/NCSE_Water_Conference_Report.pdf
Choosing Our Common Future: Democracy's True Test, William Ruckelshaus, 2005.
(Ruckelshaus discusses collaborative decision-making processes that are relevant to contemporary environmental challenges.)
Lessons from Environmental Collapses of Past Societies, Jared M. Diamond, 2004. www.ncseonline.org/conference/jared_diamond_report.pdf