This workshop is designed to help participants assess the importance of addressing ozone and black carbon as short-lived climate forcers (SLCF), including consideration of the public health co-benefits, and to identify opportunities and obstacles to reducing these pollutants in light of the state of scientific understanding and available policy options.
| Wednesday, March 3, 2010 |
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| Time |
Session |
Speakers/Facilitators |
| 7:00 - 8:15 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 - 8:20 AM |
Welcome |
Stephen D. Page, Director
USEPA Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards |
| 8:20 - 8:40 AM |
Opening Address: The Policy Landscape for Addressing SLCF |
Jeffrey Clark, USEPA OAQPS |
| 8:40 - 8:45 AM |
Meeting Logistics |
Ken Elstein, USEPA Office of Research and Development |
| 8:45 -10:00 AM |
Opening Plenary: “Where Do We Stand? Understanding the Current State of SLCF Science and Policy” |
Lydia Wegman, USEPA OAQPS (moderator) |
| The Climate Impact of Short-lived Forcers |
Drew Shindell, NASA GISS |
| Public Health Impacts of SLCF |
Joel Schwartz, Harvard University |
| Current Domestic/International Control Programs for Ozone and Black Carbon |
Ellen Baum, Clean Air Task Force |
| 10:00 - 10:20 AM |
Break with Refreshments |
| 10:20 - 11:00 AM |
Current SLCF Activities at USEPA |
Doug Grano, USEPA OAQPS
Rob Pinder, USEPA ORD
Bryan Bloomer, USEPA ORD |
| 11:00 - 12:30 AM |
Science Panel: "Areas of Confidence and Areas of Uncertainty: Assessing the State of Our Current Knowledge"
|
Doug McKinney, USEPA ORD (moderator) |
| Impacts of Controlling SLCF on Climate, Arctic, and Health |
Mark Jacobson, Stanford University |
| Confidence and Key Uncertainties in Black Carbon Emissions and Radiative Impacts |
Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Emissions of Light Absorbing Carbonaceous Particles from Biomass Burning |
H. Moosmuller, Desert Research Institute |
| Atmospheric Chemistry & Transport: Estimating SLCF Distributions and Contributions |
Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa |
| Sources of Artic Pollution: Results from POLARCAT-IPY |
Kathy Law, LATMOS/CNRS, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace |
| 12:30 - 1: 45 PM |
LUNCH - Hill Grand Ballroom |
| 12:30 PM |
Luncheon Buffet Service Begins |
| 12:45 - 1:30 PM |
Luncheon Keynote Address:"Stoves, Climate, and Health: What More Do We Need to Know?" |
Kirk Smith, UC-Berkeley |
| 1:30 - 1:45 PM |
Breakout Group Instructions |
Ken Elstein |
| 1:45 - 2:00 PM |
Break (Transition to Breakout Locations) |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM |
Science Breakout Groups
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| Atmospheric Chemistry, Transport and Deposition: Modeling and Measurement |
Daniel Jacob, Harvard University
Rob Pinder, USEPA |
| Climate Outcomes: Assessing the Global/Regional Impacts of SLCF |
Jason West, UNC Chapel Hill
Pat Dolwick, USEPA |
| Climate Metrics: Measuring and Expressing the Radiative Forcing Impacts of SLCF |
David Fahey, NOAA
Marcus Sarofim, AAAS Fellow USEPA |
| Emissions Inventories: Current and Projected |
David Streets, Argonne National Laboratory
Tesh Rao, USEPA |
| Source Testing and Ambient Measurement |
John Watson, Desert Research Institute
Neil Frank, USEPA |
| Biomass Emissions (Science) |
Neil Donahue, Carnegie Mellon University
Brian Gullett, USEPA |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Break with Refreshments - Return to Chancellor's Ballroom |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM |
Evaluating the State of the Science: "Science Breakout Group Report Outs and Synthesis Discussion"
|
Ben DeAngelo, USEPA Office of Atmospheric Programs (moderator) |
| 5:30 PM |
Adjourn |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
End of Day Assessment |
Organizers and Interested Parties |
| Thursday March 4, 2010 |
| Time |
Session |
Speakers/Facilitators |
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM |
Review Day 1 |
Ken Elstein |
| 8:30 - 9:30 AM |
Keynote Address: "Strategies for Containing Climate Change below Dangerous Levels: Beyond Copenhagen" |
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego |
| 9:30 - 10:00 AM |
Moving toward Mitigation: Leveraging the Scientific Landscape to Develop Effective Policy |
Terry Keating, USEPA Office of Air & Radiation |
| 10:00 - 10:15 AM |
Break with Refreshments |
| 10:15 - 11:30 AM |
Policy Panel: "Where Do We Go From Here? Making Good Policy Choices in the Face of Current Scientific Certainties, Uncertainties, and Gaps" |
Dale Evarts, USEPA OAQPS (moderator) |
| The Interaction between SLCFs and CLimate Policy |
Steve Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| Assessing Climate Benefits of BC Mitigation |
Denise Mauzerall, Princeton University |
| Mobile Source Emissions and Mitigation Potential |
Doug Lawson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| Pursuing SLCF Mitigation: A Ex-Regulator's Perspective |
Catherine Witherspoon, ClimateWorks |
| 11:30 -12:30 PM |
LUNCH - Hill Grand Ballroom |
| 11:30 - 11:45 AM |
Luncheon Served |
| 11:45 - 12:15 PM |
Keynote Luncheon: "Optimizing Pollution Reductions for AQ and Climate" |
Markus Amann, IIASA |
| 12:15 - 12:30 PM |
Breakout Group Instructions |
Ken Elstein |
| 12:30 - 12:45 PM |
Break (Transition to Breakout Locations) |
| 12:45 - 2:15 PM |
Policy Breakout Groups
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| Mobile Sources |
Ray Minjares, ICCT
Joe Somers, USEPA |
| Stationary Sources |
Praveen Amar, NESCAUM
Rich Damberg, USEPA |
| Cookstoves |
Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jacob Moss, USEPA |
| Biomass Burning |
Ann Acheson, USFS
Brooke Hemming, USEPA Larry Elmore, USEPA |
| 2:15 - 2:30 PM |
Break with Refreshments - Return to Chancellor's Ballroom |
| 2:30 - 3:30 PM |
Evaluating Mitigation Options: Breakout Group Report-Outs and Synthesis Discussion |
Erika Sasser, USEPA OAQPS |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM |
Moving Forward in the Face of Scientific and Policy Uncertainties |
Ad-hoc Reflections on Workshop Outcomes, Critical Tasks and Next Steps
|
John Bachmann, Vision Air
Sara Terry, USEPA OAQPS |
| 4:00 PM |
Adjourn |
