Events
Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2012
Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) is an opportunity to examine the role of the ocean in shaping the nation.
Conference: Navigating the American Carbon World
2012 will be a momentous year. The world will be watching California as it launches its cap-and-trade program, which will be the first economy-wide program in the U.S. and the second largest carbon market in the world.
World Oceans Summit
Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, is among the speakers at the World Oceans Summit in Capella, Singapore.
Ellen Gilinsky: Nutrient Pollution Solutions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies Office of Water's priorities have been reducing nutrient pollution in important water bodies stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico as well as improving management of stormwater pollution.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Ecosystem Services Seminar Series
Lydia Olander, Ecosystem Services Program Director at the Nicholas Institute, will speak at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Ecosystem Services Seminar Series October 6.
Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference
The Nicholas Institute's Bill Holman and Lydia Olander will present at the Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 3.
Webinar: Marine Ecosystem Services Database with Linwood Pendleton
Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will present on marine ecosystem service databases during a webinar hosted by the Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network.
Linwood Pendleton - The Economic Value of Ecosystem Services
Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and coastal policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will present on "The Economic Value of Ecosystem Services" at the Coastal Zone 2011 Conference in Chicago, IL.
Mitigation Policy Forum
This forum is an update on NC mitigation policy. The 2011 General Assembly enacted and Governor Perdue signed SL 2011-343/SB 425, EEP Changes, sponsored by Senator Neal Hunt and others (www.ncleg.net). Michael Ellison, Deputy Director of EEP, will provide a briefing on the new law and other changes underway at EEP.
Daniel Perkins - Bayesian network decision support tool
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a presentation of a Bayesian network decision support tool by Dr. Daniel Perkins, Syngenta.
Martha Sheils - The Sustainable Sites Initiative and Ecosystem Valuation
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a presentation by Martha Sheils on the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) and the ecosystem valuation portion of their guidelines.
Bob Dykes - Sparrow Watershed Model
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a demonstration of the new sparrow watershed model by Bob Dykes, RTI.
Joint X-AGG Meeting
Joint C-AGG, T-AGG, M-AGG Meeting
April Experts Meeting
T-AGG convened a meeting in Chicago on April 22nd and 23rd, 2010 that brought together some of the nation’s leading experts in soil science, modeling and economics for a discussion of program or protocol development for agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation.
T‐AGG Project meeting with Agricultural GHG Mitigation Protocol Developers
T-AGG convened a meeting of protocol developers in November, 2009 to inform our advisory board and the invited protocol developers about T-AGG's project goals and process.
Water, development and climate change challenges in the Ganges and Mekong Rivers
At the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Symposium "Securing Water for Nature and People in a Changing Climate". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Michael Roe, Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change
Water Allocation Policy Presentation “An Interstate Water Management Success: Virginia & Maryland Collaborate to Manage the Potomac River”
Conquering Cost: Evaluating Optimal Policy Approaches to the Cost of Climate Change
As the U.S. Senate continues work on a comprehensive legislative vehicle, concerns about “cost” remain central to the discussion. Cost as a term serves as an umbrella for a number of issues, such as the overall effect of climate policy on the nation’s gross domestic product and the effect of policy on the competitiveness of sensitive industries. To explore this issue more deeply, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions is holding a half-day, invitation-only workshop on Monday, October 5, 2009.
Peter McCornick, International Water Resources Management: Adaptation, Health, and Food Security
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