Climate Change
Science
The profile and depth of knowledge in climate change science is
expanding on a daily basis. As this issue area achieves
greater prominence in global politics and policy circles and more
directly influences R&D investment decisions the demand for
more precise, thorough and documented science will intensify. In
Illinois, we are at the center of this important, evolving field,
and our researchers are already making significant contributions to
climate change science. In this issue of ISTC
Catalyst, we celebrate a few of these
contributions.
Climate change science is focused not just on the discovery of
potential ecological and economic consequences, but also on the
solutions and steps that can be taken to mitigate the rise in
global temperatures. At the local level, our elected officials have
been among the most aggressive in North America in the development
and execution of strategies to support local risk assessment
research, while also encouraging civic engagement in both problem
identification and mitigation. The Chicago Climate Action
Plan, the founding and funding of the Illinois Climate Change
Advisory Group, various state programs and regulatory incentives,
and the public sector's investments in solutions-driven
technologies showcase the activity occurring in our state.
Illinois researchers are expertly leveraging the tools in their
diverse fields to bring into focus a sharper picture of the current
and future effects of climate change. For example, Argonne National
Laboratory scientists are utilizing a $60 million ARRA grant to
support advancements through the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
(ARM) Climate Research Facility; Northern Illinois University
researchers are piloting an explorative robot submarine below
melting Antarctic ice and University of Illinois Extension crop
scientists are modeling the impact of climate change on future
plant disease proliferation.
Illinois civic and research infrastructure for climate change
science is firmly and broadly established. We invite you to
continue reading this issue of ISTC
Catalyst for more news on Illinois' work in
climate change science.
Chicago Hosts Premiere of Carbon Nation
Documentary:
Highlights Unique Solutions to Climate Risk & Energy
Security
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Learn more about Illinois' accomplishments
in Climate Change Science.
How Cold Makes Us Hotter: The
Arctic's Changing Role in Global Warming
Argonne
Awarded $60m in ARRA Funding for Climate Change Research
New Math Tool May Help Predict Climate Change
Climate Change Complicates Plant Diseases of the Future
NIU to Use Robotic Submarine to Explore Melting Antarctic
Ice
Are IL Farmers Cooling Chicago Summers?
Smog over Chicago. (Photo by Storm Williams)
Change
in Ozone Air Pollution Over Chicago Associated with Global Climate
Change
Northwestern's
NiSP Scientists: Reconceptualizing Climate Change for New
Responses
U of C Faculty Speak at EPA Hearings on CO2 Emissions
Regulations
Conference on Climate Change at Northwestern U Heats Up
Debate
Environmental Change Institute
at UIUC
NIU
Analytical Center for Climate and Environmental Change
The
Illinois Climate Change Advisory Group
Chicago Climate
Action Plan
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2010 Sustainable University
Symposium
Friday, August 27, 2010
I-Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 South First Street, Champaign,
IL
Join this year's Green Governments
Coordinating Council Symposium, hosted by the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in learning how to make your
university or college campus more sustainable. This symposium is an
opportunity for college and university administrators, engineers,
architects, professors, and student leaders to exchange ideas in
the effort to enhance sustainability at Illinois institutions of
higher learning and identify new programs to apply at your
university. The annual event also seeks to empower young
adults to pursue careers in the environmental sciences and make an
investment in the sustainability of our state and our planet.
Speakers, workshops, and panel
discussions will cover topics such as sustainable renovation and
construction, energy efficiency and conservation, environmental
education and service learning, water conservation, and waste
reduction.
Gridwise
Global Forum
September 21-23, 2010
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington,
D.C.
The GridWise® Alliance and the U.S. Department of
Energy welcome members of the media to the first-annual GridWise
Global Forum, September 21-23 at the Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
The GridWise Global Forum is an unprecedented gathering of
policy leaders, corporate executives, technology innovators,
legislators, regulators, investors, consumers, and environmental
advocates from North America and around the globe who have come
together to share their experiences with today's smart grid
deployments and their visions for a smarter grid over the next two
decades. Speakers and participants from the highest levels of
government and the private sector to will discuss the impact of the
smart grid on world use energy and supply, the impact of its
adoption on industrial, commercial and residential consumer, and
opportunities for investors. The outcome of this collaborative
discussion will include a global view of smart grid today,
including best practices from around the world; a clearer
understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead;
and a commitment from countries around the world to work together
to achieve the full potential of smart grid.
Environmental
Change Institute Summit 2010
Climate Change: Agricultural Solutions, Adaptation &
Mitigation
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
I-Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 South First Street, Champaign,
IL
Environmental Change Institute is
hosting Upper Midwest agricultural experts to discuss how
agricultural practice can mitigate climate change, and how we can
adapt agriculture to climate change.
Keynote speaker, climatologist and
meteorologist Mark Seeley, PhD, presents what climate changes
science indicates are anticipated in the next 50 years, and
outlines implications to land use, landscape and
infrastructure. Dr. Seeley is Professor in the Department of
Water, Soil and Climate at University of Minnesota, author of
Minnesota Weather Almanac and a regular contributor to Minnesota
Public Radio's Morning Edition.
The conference will spotlight
mitigation strategies and adapted practices and will offer an
opporutnity to meet industry peers.
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As we work to enhance awareness of Illinois' robust and
world-class R&D capabilities, we encourage you to submit ideas
for future issues of ISTC
Catalyst. Please email info@ISTCoalition.org.
In September 2010, ISTC Catalyst will focus on Illinois'
leadership in Energy Storage. To submit
articles, please contact Serena Larkin at slarkin@ISTCoalition.org.
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The information, views, and
opinions contained in ISTC Catalyst are those of the
individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and
opinions of the ISTC.
