cc: h.j.schellnhuber@uea.ac.uk,alex Haxeltine date: Wed Apr 21 09:12:19 2004 from: Mike Hulme subject: Re: California to: "Guido Franco" Dear Guido, Following my earlier message to you, may I now commend to you my colleague Dr Alex Haxeltine as a speaker from the Tyndall Centre for this event. Dr Haxeltine is our international science co-ordinator and is also active in leading some of our research on integrated assessment. He would be able to communicate very effectively some of the contributions the Tyndall Centre is making in these areas and he is available for these dates. May I suggest that you contact him directly so that you can arrange the necessary details. Thank you again for inviting us to this important event; we look forward to new opportunities for sharing knowledge and research with you, Best wishes, Mike Hulme At 07:41 05/04/2004 -0700, you wrote: Profs. Schellnhuber and Hulme, As you may know, the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program managed by the California Energy Commission has created a research center on climate change to inform the policy debate in our state. We have core research going on in Scripps/UC San Diego and UC Berkeley and additional work at different institutions such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This center is known as the California Climate Change Center. We are organizing a conference on climate change. The objectives for our first conference are to: · Present findings produced by PIER sponsored researchers working with the California Climate Change Center (Center). · Provide a forum for those not working with PIER, but working on regional climate-change issues, to interact and exchange information with PIER climate change technical staff and associated researchers. · Formally introduce the California Climate Change Center as one of the main nexus for climate change research in the state of California · Present research results on climate change research in such a way so that cross-disciplinary discussion can occur among individuals from very disparate backgrounds (e.g. economics, atmospheric sciences, ecology, policy, etc.). · Provide a venue for interactions among climate change researchers on mostly California-specific issues following a major conference organized by the Air Resources Board dealing with broad global climate change issues. The audience for this conference will consist primarily of researchers, technical staff, and managers from PIER, research institutions performing work for PIER, and other organizations devoted to climate change research. However, the presentations will also be tailored to make sure that important polcy relevant findings are clearly presented. This will make the conference of interes to policy makers and to the public in general. Clarity is also a requirement to facilitate productive conversations between researchers from multiple disciplines. We were wondering if we could have a representative from the Tyndall Center to give us a short presentation on your work dealing with impacts and adaptationn options in your country. We could cover the travel expenses for this person. The conference will take place in Sacramento, California on June 9th and 10th of this year. A meeting of experts on regional climate modeling will follow on June 11th and 12th. Your representative is also welcome to attend this meeting. Please let me know if you would be, at least in principle, willing to send a representative from your Center. Regards, Guido Franco P.S. Tentative List of Presentations and Speakers Climate Detection and Attribution Ben Santer (LLNL) Preliminary Evaluation of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change in CA. Joel Smith (Stratus Consulting) PIER Climate Change Research Strategy Guido Franco and Alan Sanstad (CEC and LBNL) Potential Carbon Markets in California: Lessons from Other Programs Alex Farrel(UC Berkeley) Emissions Abatement Technology Innovation and Diffusion Margaret Taylor (UC Berkeley) California Energy Balances Lynn Price (LBNL) Changes in Stream Flow and Temperatures in the Western United States and Fluctuations in the North Pacific Oscillation in the last 100 years Dan Cayan et al. (Scripps) Sea Level and Coastal Wave Fluctuations: An Historical Perspective Peter Bromirski (Scripps) Potential of Carbon Sequestration in California Forests Sandra Brown and/or John Kadyszewski (Winrock) Potential of Carbon Sequestration in California Soils Bill Salas and/or Dr. Li (Applied Geosolutions and U. of New Hampshire) A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model or California for Climate Change Studies David Roland-Host and/or Peter Berck (UC Bekeley) California Climate Data Archive Kelly Redmond (WRCC) Enhanced Climate Monitoring and Orographic Influences on Precipitation Jessica Lundquist and Mike Dettinger (Scripps) Regional Modeling Activities at UC Santa Cruz: Coastal Upwelling and Extreme Events Lisa Sloan (UC Santa Cruz) Coupled Atmospheric and Land Surface Models for the CA Region Norm Miller (LBNL) Climate Re-analysis for California John Roads and/or Kanamitsu, Masao (Scripps) Climate Impacts Group (University of Washington) Ed Miles (University of Washinton) Using Modern Forecasting Tools for the Management of Reservoirs in California: An Adaptation Strategy Kosta Georgakakos (HRC/SIO) A New Approach Using the CALVIN Model: Water Resources Impacts Jay Lund (UC Davis) Water Reliability and Climate Change Michael Hanemann (UC Berkeley) A Need for a New Approach to Protect Biodiversity in California Le Hannah (Conservation International) Suggestions on How to Treat Uncertainty in Regional Climate Change Studies Steve Schneider (Stanford) >>> birdalot@earthlink.net 04/02/04 04:55AM >>> PS For the workshop, there is a climate newsletter that I can send a notice out - if you like. Do you want a lot of people to attend? Ed