Please register now and join us March 11 for our Climate & Energy Webinar:

Engaging Students and Addressing Critical Thinking Skills via the Nuclear Debate – James D. Myers, University of Wyoming

Time - 10:00 am Pacific | 11:00 am Mountain | 12:00 pm Central | 1:00 pm Eastern

Duration - 1 hour. The presentation will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of discussion.

Format - Online web presentation via phone and Elluminate web conference software with questions and answers following.

Webinar goal – Assist educators in understanding various elements of the nuclear energy debate, including the challenges of waste and proliferation, and developing strategies for how to present them in classroom learning.

Registration - There is no registration fee, but registration is required to save a space (and because space is limited to 20, be sure you can commit before registering). Registration closes when the spaces fill or one week before each event, whichever comes first. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange/webinar/march.html

Nuclear power supplies approximately 16% of the world’s electricity and is the only electrical generation technology that can supply baseload power and has an extremely low carbon footprint. Outside the U.S., particularly in Asia, next generation nuclear reactors are being constructed to meet growing electricity demand. Yet in the U.S., nuclear power is still a technology many fear, despite a safety record better than fossil fuels and calls by some green groups to use nuclear power to reduce carbon emissions. This Webinar will provide an overview of nuclear power, including its historical development, relevant nuclear physics, reactor design, and enrichment technologies. It will discuss the challenges of waste and proliferation with a view to the current world situation with regards to nuclear power.

Dr. Myers is a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming and the Director of the Wyoming CCS Technology Institute. His background is in igneous petrology and geochemistry. In recent years, Myers’ research has focused on geoscience education, particularly with respect to energy, resources and sustainability, and geological carbon sequestration. He has taught an upper division, non-majors energy course for the last six years.

We hope you will join us.

In addition, we have a record online of the two successful events we held in February, and we encourage all of you who wanted to attend, but couldn’t, to visit the website and join the follow-up discussion and conversation on our discussion page.
February 11 Book club: The Great Ocean Conveyor: Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change, by Wallace Broecker
Web page: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange/webinar/feb11.html
February 18 Webinar: A Climate Modeling Tutorial – by Cindy Shellito, University of Northern Colorado
Web page: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange/webinar/feb18.html
Discussion page: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange/webinar/discussions.html

Dear colleagues,

Responding to increasing concerns over climate change, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI:www.teriin.org), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES:www.iges.or.jp), and World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC:www.jointokyo.org) have jointly developed an eight-week blended distance learning program on “Science and Policy of Climate Change”. This will be conducted for Asia-Pacific region from 8 April to 8 June 2011.

The program targets graduate students, development practitioners, policy makers, corporates, and mid-level professionals in the Asia Pacific region, interested in the following topics:

Program Content

Module 1: Science of climate change

Module 2: Impacts of climate change

Module 3: Coping with climate change

Module 4: Action and political economy

What will be the Learning Outcomes?

After completion of the program, the participants will be able to:

* Develop a holistic understanding of the climate-change problem, which can potentially affect all dimensions of life (business, society, environment, etc);

* Acquire technical skills required to address problems with respect to the varied dimensions of climate change;

* Identify, create, and reflect upon ‘integrated approaches’ and appropriate interventions that may lead to taking necessary action and coping with climate change; and

* Put theory into practice by

– Applying science into policy making;

– Exploring the risks and opportunities for business;

– Formulating sound strategies for adaptation and mitigation; and

– Understanding interface between development and climate change.

How will you you learn?

The e-learning course applies a unique blended approach combining the below methods to enhance your learning:

* Videoconference lectures by international experts from TERI, IGES, and other institutions. Six 2-hour videoconference sessions will be conducted at local GDLN Centers including introductory and concluding sessions. Videoconference sessions will feature the theme topics in the module, and will be webcast live for those unable to attend at the country venues.

* Self-paced study: video recorded lectures, academic article and other handout materials & resources will be available for viewing on the program website for self-paced study.

* Assignments, tutoring, and e-discussion provided on-line to communicate with experts and other participants.

* Certification by the organizers upon successful completion of the program.

Registering couldn’t be easier…

Please visit and register at: http://www.esdonline.org/spcc/ Registration closes latest by 31 March 2011

We look forward to your participation in this program!

Best regards,

Vinod Bhargava

The Energy and Resources Institute

Core 6C, India Habitat Centre,

Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003

India

Mobile: +91 98110 09263

Email:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I would like to draw your attention to our E-Learning course on “Legal Preparedness for Climate Change”, (www.idlo.int/elearning) from May 9 to June 3, 2011.

The course will be conducted online for four weeks and would be highly beneficial for climate change, natural resources and energy, finance and environment specialists from developing countries, countries in economic transition and countries emerging from armed conflict working in the field of supervision and execution of development projects; lawyers and legal advisors who assist in the area of climate change, natural resources and energy, finance and environmental policy; Ministry and local government level climate change officers; Finance Officials from the Ministry of Finance and officials from National Authorities or UNFCCC National Contact Points.

Kindly find attached a course description for further information. Registration for the course is online using the following link: www.idlo.int/elearning Applications to attend the course should be supported by the candidate’s curriculum vitae. The course fee of Euro 350.00 should be paid by 22nd April, 2011 at the latest. The course is self-sustaining and the fee cannot be waived.  Currently, IDLO does not have scholarships or sponsorships to offer.

Ms. Joanne Fletcher is at your disposal for any further information you may require:

Tel:  (+39 06) 40403 265

Fax: (+39 06) 40403 232

E-mail:

With best regards,

Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, MEM (Yale) BCL & LLB (McGill) BA Hons

Chef, Programme de Droit du développement durable et de l’environnement Organisation internationale de Droit du développement Viale Vaticano, 106, 00165 Roma, Italia / www.idlo.int

+39 345 917 4983 (IDLO mobile) / +44 7748 105 570 (UK mobile)

Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) Affiliated Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), Cambridge University Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Chile

Ahmed Shehata

E-learning Training Assistant

International Development Law Organization, Viale Vaticano, 106; 00165 Rome, Italy

Tel:  +39 06 40403313

Fax: +39 06 40403232

Email:

Website: <http://www.idlo.int>

Here’s a very good collection of analyses of COP 16, posted originally on the Global Environmental Politics listserve.

Triple Crisis Blog: (www.triple.crisis.com)
Spotlight:Cancún includes post-mortem analysis by:

• Tom Athanasiou, Director EcoEquity and Greenhouse Development Rights;
• Ahmed Abdel Latif, IP and Technology Program Manager, ICTSD
• Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University;
• Martin Khor, Director, South Centre; (and here)
• Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Founder and Chief Executive of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD);
• Frank Ackerman

Spotlight Cancún also features contributions by:

• Elizabeth A. Stanton, Senior Economist at the Stockholm Environment Institute;
• Aaron Leopold, Director of the Environment and Sustainable Development section at the Global Governance Institute;
• Pablo Suarez, Visiting Fellow at Boston University’s Frederic S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-range Future and a researcher for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
• Kristen A. Sheeran, Executive Director of Economics for Equity and the Environment Network;
• Janot Mendler de Suarez, Working Group Leader for the Global Oceans Forum Working Group on Oceans, Climate & Security;
• Nathan Russell, Senior Communications Officer, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Fund (CGIAR);
• Alan AtKisson, CEO and founder of the AtKisson Group;
• Graciela Chichilnisky, Professor of Economics and Mathematical Statistics at Columbia University;
• Eban Goodstein, Director of Bard Center for Environmental Policy;
• Adil Najam, Director, Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
• Kevin Gallagher and Frank Ackerman, Senior Researcher and Senior Research Fellow at Global Development and Environment Institute;
• Miquel Muñoz, Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.

IISD RS – International Institute for Sustainable Development – Reporting Services

• Earth Negotiations Bulletin – Summary – http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/enb12498e.pdf
• Dailies, pics, etc. – http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop16/

Pew Center on Global Climate Change:

• Summary of the Cancún Agreements by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change – http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/cancun-climate-conference-cop16-summary.pdf

Additional Pew Center reports and policy briefs released in Cancún include:

• The Evolution of Multilateral Regimes: Implications for Climate Change http://www.pewclimate.org/publications/report/evolution-multilateral-regimes-implications-climate-change
• Strengthening International Climate Finance http://www.pewclimate.org/publications/brief/strengthening-international-climate-finance
• Strengthening MRV http://www.pewclimate.org/publications/brief/strengthening-mrv-measurement-reporting-and-verification
• MRV: A Survey of Reporting and Review in Multilateral Regimes http://www.pewclimate.org/publications/brief/mrv-survey-reporting-and-review-multilateral-regimes

Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

• Why Cancun Trumped Copenhagen: Warmer Relations on Rising Temperatures – http://enews.belfercenter.org/c.html?rtr=on,p3im,7oo,112o,36i2,j531,jt38
• What Happened (and Why): An Assessment of the Cancun Agreements – http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/analysis/stavins/?p=876

Pre-Cancún:

• Defining Success for Climate Negotiations in Cancun – http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/analysis/stavins/?p=854

The Climate Group

• Post-Cancún Analysis – http://www.theclimategroup.org/_assets/files/Post-Cancun-Analysis_1.pdf

ECOFYS

• International climate financing – From Cancún to a 2°C stabilisation pathway – http://www.ecofys.com/com/publications/report_international_climate_financing.htm

Sustainlabour

• Never less than in Cancun and much more in Durban… – http://www.sustainlabour.org/boletines/diciembre10/post_cop_16_en.html

Worldwatch Institute

• The Road from Cancún – http://blogs.worldwatch.org/greeneconomy/the-road-from-cancun/

ICTSD – International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

• Cancun Climate Summit Exceeds Low Expectations, But Sidesteps Trade Issues – http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/99004/

Penn State

• An Ethical Analysis of the Cancun Climate Negotiations Outcome – http://rockblogs.psu.edu/climate/2010/12/an-ethical-analysis-of-the-cancun-climate-negotiations-outcome.html

Institue of Green Economy

• Cancun Technology Breakthrough Should Deal with a Fatal Flaw Within – http://www.igrec.in/Cancun_Technology_Breakthrough_Hides_a_Fatal_Flaw_Within.pdf

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

• Benito Müller – Time to Roll Up the Sleeves – Even Higher! –  http://www.oxfordenergy.org/pdfs/comment_10_01_11.pdf

Climate Strategies

• Benito Müller – UNFCCC – The Future of the Process: Remedial action on process ownership and political guidance – http://www.climatestrategies.org/research/our-reports/category/55/302.html

CISDL – Centre for International Sustainable Development Law

• From Copenhagen to Cancun: A Changing Climate for Human Rights in the UNFCCC? – http://www.preventionweb.net/files/17552_fromcopenhagentocancun20110110.pdf

Other released in Cancún:

• Freya Baetens, Foreign Investment Law and Climate Change: Legal Conflicts Arising from Implementing the Kyoto Protocol through Private Investment.
• Sébastien Jodoin, Rights-Based Framework for Climate Finance.
• Sarah A. Mason-Case and Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, International Law and Climate Finance.
• Benoît Mayer, International Law and Climate migrants.
• Frederic Perron-Welch, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Mexico’s Solution for Offsetting Emissions while Respecting Indigenous and Local Community Rights.
• Josh Roberts, Linking Climate Change with Biodiversity-Related Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
• Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Markus Gehring, Trade and Investment Implication of Carbon Trading for Sustainable Development.
• Sean Stephenson, Making Jobs Work: The Right to Work, Jobs and Green Structural Change.
• Dr. Charlotte Streck, How Climate Change can Catalyze Sustainable Land-Management.
• Verki Michael Tunteng, Legal Aspects of Climate Change Policy.
• Patricia Parkinson and Dr. Andrew Wardell, Legal Frameworks to Support REDD Pro-Poor Outcomes.

Energy Business Reports

• Can We Call the Cancun Agreements a Success? http://energybusinessdaily.com/renewables/can-we-call-the-cancun-agreements-a-success/
• Understanding the 2010 Cancun Agreement [!!!PAID ARTICLE!!!] http://energybusinessreports.com/shop/Understanding-the-2010-Cancun-Agreement.html?v=1&itemid=3436&ref=ebd

Climate Change TV (www.climate-change.tv)

• Interviews we collected at Cancun from negotiators and observers: http://www.climate-change.tv/cctv-videos/guide-to-further-content

• Additionally, the Climate Change Studio (http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_16/side_events_exhibits/items/5832.php) got to speak to representatives from over 130 NGOs, IGOs and Parties. Their diverse messages can be accessed more specifically at www.climate-change.tv/category/unfccc-inside/cop16-2010.

Other

• Pablo Solón: Why Bolivia stood alone in opposing the Cancún climate agreement – http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2010/dec/21/bolivia-oppose-cancun-climate-agreement
• Achim Steiner: Viewpoint: Cancun can-do – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12049951
• Connie Hedegaard: Cancun climate deal holds out hope – http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/thinktank/2010-12/22/content_11738628.htm
• Rohini Pande , Michael Greenstone: (on Cancún and India) Daring to be different — and right – http://www.indianexpress.com/news/daring-to-be-different-and-right/727957/0
• Aarthi S Anand: Will India capitalise on Cancun gains? – http://expressbuzz.com/opinion/op-ed/will-india-capitalise-on-cancun-gains/242946.html
• Saliem fakir – From Cancun to Durban – what’s in store for the next 12 months? http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/from-cancun-to-durban-whats-in-store-for-the-next-12-months-2011-01-14
• African Union -http://www.au.int/en/sites/default/files/AUC_NEWS_EN_DECEMBER_2010_THE_NEWS_LETTER_AFRICA_UNION_COMMISSION.pdf
• Oppenheimer: the post-Cancun climate change climate - http://www.blockislandtimes.com/view/full_story/11270993/article-Oppenheimer–the-post-Cancun-climate-change-climate-

Dear CEDD members,

Please inform your faculty that a CEDD team, funded by NASA, has developed 8 self-contained modules for undergraduate general education on climate change.  The modules  using NASA data and web materials   is presently available on the Encyclopedia of Earth.  They include:

NASA Time Machine –

Climate Change Impacts on Colorado River water supply –

Seasonality –

Introduction to Remote Sensing Metrics –

Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing

Ice Core Data –

Recent Climate Change -

Climate Change and Wine –

Educators will have access to a parallel web portal to assist in course development.  An additional web portal permits communication among students at participating institutions.  Online pre- and post-course assessments are available to determine student knowledge and attitudes about climate change. There are also online post-module assessments for each unit.  Instructors will obtain data from their institution and aggregate summaries.  Each unit has been tested at the author’s institution and we now are recruiting additional faculty members to utilize the materials in their classes.  This development was funded by a NASA Global Climate Change Education grant “Creation and Dissemination of an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate General Education Course on Climate Change” NNX09AL64G.

Website:

http://www.eoearth.org/article/NCSE-NASA_Interdisciplinary_Climate_Change_Education

The following link will allow you to access the webinar on using the NASA material.

https://ncse.webex.com/ncse/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=1787637&rKey=1b54d347db082941

For assistance, contact:

Andy Jorgensen, Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo,

419-530-4579

Best,

Jenifer

Jenifer Jackson

CEDD/CEREL Program Coordinator

National Council for Science and the Environment

1101 17th Street NW, Suite 250

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 530-5810 x221