Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG)

Educational and Community Service FY95

• Formal Teaching Arrangements
• Workshops and Colloquia
• Scientific or Technical Seminars
• Non-Technical, Popular Presentations

Educational Activities

• Michele Betsill (University of Colorado-Boulder): Worked with Michael Glantz on problems of food security in the South African Development Community. Assisted Glantz in preparation of ENSO climate-related impacts maps. Also assisted in preparation of training module for UNITAR on Guidelines for Developing a Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment.

• Elizabeth Collins (University of Denver): Worked with Michael Glantz on assessing rates and processes of environmental change. Also assisted in preparation of UNITAR training module.

• Leslea Davison (Rice University): Worked with Richard Katz on statistical modeling, in connection with the Geophysical Statistics Project.

• Kevin Gallagher (Regis University): Worked with Michael Glantz on assembling a data base of ENSO applications in North America and related climate impact maps.

• Robert Gunning (University of Colorado-Boulder): Worked with Michael Glantz in research concerning the rates and processes of environmental change.

• Robert Parkin (University of Colorado-Boulder): Worked with Kathleen Miller in developing a bibliographic data base on climate and economics and assisted with logistical and technical arrangements for Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource. Worked with Michael Glantz on developing an integrated assessment of uses of ENSO information.

Formal Teaching Arrangements

Teaching

• Michael Glantz: Policy Responses to Global Environmental Change, ARSC-7020, with James Wescoat, University of Colorado-Boulder, Spring 1995.

• Roger Pielke, Jr.: Science and Public Policy, ARSC-1510, University of Colorado- Boulder, Spring 1995.

• Roger Pielke, Jr.: Science, Climate, and The Policy Process, ARSC-1510, University of Colorado-Boulder, Fall 1995.

Dissertation Committees

• Michael Glantz: Served on the dissertation committee for Sylvain Bayalama (University of Denver, Graduate School of International Studies)

• Michael Glantz: Served on the dissertation committee of Daniel Bedford (University of Colorado, Department of Geography)

• Michael Glantz: Served on the dissertation committee of Cory Lofdahl (University of Colorado, Department of Political Science)

Workshops and Colloquia

• Michael Glantz organized and chaired "Usable Science II: The Potential Use and Misuse of El Nio Information in North America" which was held in Boulder, Colorado, from 30 October to 3 November 1994. The workshop was sponsored by NCAR and supported by NOAA/OGP.

• Kathleen Miller organized and chaired "The Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource," which was held in Boulder, Colorado, from 5-7 June 1995. The Institute was sponsored by NCAR and supported by NOAA/OGP.

• Roger Pielke, Jr. organized and chaired the "Weather Impacts Assessment Informal Planning Meeting," which was held in Boulder, Colorado, from 8-9 August 1995. The meeting was sponsored by NCAR and attended by representatives of NSF and members of the weather impacts community.

Scientific or Technical Seminars

• Michael Glantz was invited to present a paper on "The Impacts of Climate on Fisheries" at the Second International Conference on Oceanography, "Towards Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coastal Zones," 14-19 November 1994, Lisbon, Portugal.

• Michael Glantz was invited to present a paper on "Assessing the Impacts of Climate: The Issue of Winners and Losers in a Global Climate Change Context" at the International Climate Change Research Conference, 6-9 December 1994, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

• Michael Glantz presented the keynote lecture on "Climate Change and Societal Change: Two Sides of the Same Water Resources Coin?" at the United Nations Water Day "Symposium on Water Resources: Looking at Earth and Water," 24 March 1995, Tokyo, Japan.

• Michael Glantz presented a paper on "Creeping Environmental Problems in the Aral Sea Basin" at the United Nations University Public Forum, 27 March 1995, Tokyo, Japan.

• Michael Glantz was invited to give the keynote lecture, "The ENSO Phenomenon and Societal Impacts," at the Public Lecture Series "Understanding the Earth as a Coupled System: The El Nio/Southern Oscillation Experience," sponsored by NASA, the Universities Space Research Association, and the Earth Sciences Directorate of the Goddard Space Flight Center, 13 June 1995, NASA/Goddard, Greenbelt, MD.

• Michael Glantz presented a paper on "Development and Creeping Environmental Problems in the Aral Sea Region" at the International Conference on Sustainable Development of the Aral Sea Basin, 18-20 September 1995, in Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, for the United Nations Development Programme.

• Mary Downton presented a paper on "Time Series Models of Relationships between Alaskan Salmon Catch and Large-Scale Climate," at the Pacific Coast Resource Modeling Conference, 13-15 June 1995, Juneau, AK.

• Richard Katz gave an invited talk on "Changes in Climate Variability and Extremes" at an NSF-sponsored U.S.-Japan Workshop on "Climate Change Modeling and Assessment: Improving Methodologies and Strategies," 24-27 October 1994, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI.

• Richard Katz presented a paper on "Making Decisions in an Uncertain Environment: The Use of Weather Forecasts," at a NOAA-sponsored "Workshop on Long-Lead Climate Forecasts," 30 November 1994, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

• Richard Katz gave an invited talk on "Role of Stochastic Weather Generators in Climate Impact Assessment" at the AMS Ninth Conference on Applied Climatology, 15-20 January 1995, Dallas, TX.

• Richard Katz gave an invited talk on "Use of General Circulation Model Output in Scenario Generation for Climate Impact Assessment," 10 February 1995, Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, OR.

• Richard Katz gave a talk on "Mixtures of Stochastic Processes: Application to Generation of Climate Change Scenarios" at the Sixth International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, 19-23 June 1995, Galway, Ireland.

• Kathleen Miller chaired a Contemporary Economic Policy Invited Session on "The Economics of Climatic Resources," at the Western Economic Association annual meeting, 5-9 July 1995, San Diego, CA.

• Kathleen Miller presented a paper on "Climatic Variations and the Pacific Salmon Fishery" at the Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, 8 July 1995, San Diego, CA.

• Kathleen Miller presented a seminar on "Property and Water: A Historical Analysis" presented to the Economic History Workshop, University of Colorado, 14 April 1995, Boulder, CO.

• Kathleen Miller gave a lecture on "Climate and Pacific Salmon" at the workshop of the Interamerican Institute on Global Change Research, 7 February 1995, Boulder, CO.

• Kathleen Miller gave a lecture on "Climatic Variations and the Political Economy of the Pacific Salmon Fishery," at the ENSO/North American Applications Workshop, 1 November 1994, Boulder, CO.

• Kathleen Miller presented a seminar on "Water Banking in California," at the Institute for Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, 24 October 1995, Boulder, CO.

• Roger Pielke, Jr. gave a talk on "Using Science for Public Policy: The U.S. Global Change Research Program," at the Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science in 10 November 1994, Fort Collins, CO.

• Roger Pielke, Jr. gave a talk on "Usable Science" at the University of Colorado Department of Political Science, 21 October 1994, Boulder, CO.

• Roger Pielke, Jr. presented a paper on "Science and the Social Contract" at the Policy Sciences Annual Institute, Yale University, 28 October 1994, New Haven, CT.

• Roger Pielke, Jr. gave a talk on "Vulnerability to Hurricanes along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts: Considerations on the Use of Long-Term Forecasts," at a NOAA Workshop on "Hurricane Variability on Decadal Time Scales: Nature, Causes, and Socio-Economic Impacts," 10 February 1995, Coral Gables, FL.

Non-Technical, Popular Presentations

• Michael Glantz organized a "Teach-In" and showed a video ("The Greenhouse Conspiracy") at Colorado State University, 27 October 1994, Fort Collins, CO.

• Michael Glantz gave a talk on "Winners and Losers in the Context of Global Warming," American Geophysical Union, Colorado State University, 14 February 1995, Fort Collins, CO.

• Michael Glantz gave a lecture on "Creeping Environmental Problems," Southern Hills Middle School, 6 April 1995, Boulder, CO.

• Michael Glantz welcomed 23 participants from the Central Asian Republics to NCAR and gave a talk on "Climate and Society," 12 September 1995.

• Kathleen Miller, with assistance from Rob Parkin, established and moderated an E-mail discussion group operated through the University of Colorado-Boulder ("The Economics of Climate Variability and Global Change" or CLIM-ECON), which is open to the public.

• Roger Pielke, Jr. hosted two students from Southern Hills Middle School (Boulder, CO) for one day each as "shadows," in a school project designed to familiarize students with professionals and their organizations.

• Roger Pielke, Jr. gave a talk on "Hurricanes and Floods" to students at the Huron Middle School, 31 May 1995, Northglenn, CO.

Community Service Activities

Editorships of Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Michael Glantz, Editorial Board, Problems of Desert Development, journal of the Desert Institute, Turkmen Academy of Sciences, Turkmenistan, 1994-present.

• Michael Glantz, Editorial Board, Global Environmental Change, 1990-present.

• Michael Glantz, Editorial Board, Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law, 1989-present.

• Richard Katz, Editorial Board, Climatic Change from 1985-present.

Scientific, Policy, or Educational Committees, Advisory Panels, Boards

• Michael Glantz, Scientific Advisor, Center for Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado at Boulder, March 1995.

• Michael Glantz, Scientific Advisory Panel, Southeast Asian Regional Committee for START (Global Change System for Analysis, Research, and Training), July 1995-June 1996.

• Michael Glantz, Scientific Advisor, Center for the Study of Global Change, of the Science and Technology Secretariat of the Ministry for Planning and Administration of Portugal, 1994-present.

• Richard Katz, Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, Scientific Assessment, 1994-1995.

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