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| July 30, 2007 |
Seto reports urban land use change has been and will continue to be one of the biggest human impacts on the terrestrial environmentIn a study recently released in the Journal of Climate, Center fellow Karen Seto finds first empirical evidence for an 'urban precipitation deficit'. Her team analyzed Landsat satellite images to determine the explosive growth in the Pearl River Delta in China, and then compared that to monthly climate data from 16 meteorological stations.
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| June 27, 2007 |
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CESP co-director Stephen Schneider lauds Google and PG&E's effort to combine forces to bring more efficient hybrids onto the road The highly unusual test takes the hybrid a step further by using extra batteries to hold energy made and distributed by a power company. "These guys have clout with hundreds of millions of young and middle-aged people," says Schneider, adding that what was necessary to jump-start a new type of car was a combination of reliability, affordability and "cool".
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| June 20, 2007 |
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BP Foundation awards $7.5 million to Stanford for research on energy markets The BP Foundation has awarded a five-year, $7.5 million grant to Stanford University's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development to support research on modern energy markets. The foundation is funded by BP, one of the world's largest energy companies. "BP's support has allowed our program to study the world's most pressing energy problems, such as global warming, energy poverty, and the prospects for the world oil market," said program director and Stanford law Professor David Victor. "In addition to BP Foundation support, we learn from BP's experience as an energy company because they operate in all the markets where we do research--such as in China and India."
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| June 15, 2007 |
CESP biologist Terry Root says new study showing the ability of some Artic plants to respond to climate change 'great news'Many Arctic plant species have readily adjusted to big climate changes, repeatedly recolonizing the rugged islands of the remote Svalbard archipelago off Norway's coast through 20,000 years of warm and cool spells since the frigid peak of the last ice age, researchers report in today's issue of the journal Science.
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| June 5, 2007 |
CESP Co-Director Stephen Schneider honored with Clean Air AwardCESP Co-Director Stephen Schneider was one of nine local organizations, businesses and individuals honored last week with a 2007 Clean Air Award in recognition of his exemplary leadership in fighting global warming.
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| May 8, 2007 |
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CESP Co-Director Stephen Schneider gives annual Henry W. Kendall Lecture at MIT The talk, titled "Uncertainties in Climate Forecasts: Causes, Magnitudes, and Policy Implications," highlighted the pioneering legacy of Henry Kendall. 
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| May 3, 2007 |
Climate change a threat to Indonesian agriculture, PNAS study saysA new study published May 8th in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that Indonesian rice agriculture is greatly affected by short-run climate variability, and could be significantly harmed by long-run climate change. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, one of the world's largest producers and consumers of rice, and is characterized by a population of rural poor who depend on rice agriculture for their livelihood.
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| April 4, 2007 |
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Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presents "key global risks" that threaten humanity The report is designed to identify the dangers that the failure to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases present for the planet. CESP senior fellows and co-author of the report Terry Root and Stephen Schneider comment on the need for politicians and planners to know the worst-case scenarios and to begin taking action now.The encouraging message is that the problem can be fixed and scientists and politicians must work together to make that happen.
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Root outlines her concerns about global warming in an interview with CNET CESP senior fellow Terry Root is a co-author of a report on climate change, "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability," to be discussed this week at an international conference in Belgium.
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| March 27, 2007 |
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CESP co-director and climate scientist Stephen Schneider testifies before Congress on the subject of climate change risks and control strategies On February 28, 2007, Stephen Schneider testified before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. Attached is a transcript of his testimony.
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"We are pushing our natural system at a much faster rate than we understand," cautions Schneider Nina Leopold Bradley, daughter of famed ecologist Aldo Leopold, has been documenting the planet's warming effect on Wisconsin. Schneider told an audience in Madison last fall that policy-makers have responded to global warming faster where the signs are more visible.
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| March 21, 2007 |
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Scientists discuss the importance of ethics in creating a culture of sustainability Addressing climate-change impacts is often more about ethics than economics, and universities have an especially important role to play in helping humans ensure the planet's sustainability, according to biological sciences professors Stephen Schneider and Paul Ehrlich, who participated in a Feb. 19 symposium, "The Science and Ethics of a Culture of Sustainability," at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Francisco.
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| March 20, 2007 |
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FSE scholars urge the need for both research and education as Berkeley's new Energy Biosciences Institute moves forward. The institute's primary goal will be facilitating the production of biofuels on a scale large enough to result in a net drop of carbon emission linked to vehicles. "The magnitude of the scientific and environmental challenges involved in raising (crop) yields and at the same time protecting the environment is underestimated," cautions FSE scholar Kenneth Cassman. Chris Somerville adds that socioeconomic research should be a substantial portion of that effort as well.
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| March 19, 2007 |
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'We are truly standing at the edge of mass extinction of species,' say CESP senior fellow Terry Root Root is a co-author of an international scientific report by the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to be presented next month at a meeting in Belgium. The draft document is the second of a series of four being issued this year focusing on the effect of global warming.
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Global warming in the last 20 years has led to a decline in crop yields resultlng in an annual loss of $5 billion, says FSE scholars Lobell and FieldDavid Lobell and Chris Field released a report in the Environmental Research Letters journal on March 16, 2007 announcing that rising global temperatures are causing the loss of roughly 40 million tons of corn, wheat and barley production each year. Although yields in general are climbing due to technological improvements, higher temperatures have held yield potential down. "A key moving forward is how well cropping systems can adapt to a warmer world," Lobell said. "Investments in this area could potentially save billions of dollars and millions of lives." 
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| February 23, 2007 |
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Global impact of livestock production focus of recent event The harmful environmental effects of livestock production are becoming increasingly serious at all levels-local, regional, national and global-and urgently need to be addressed, according to researchers from Stanford, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other organizations.
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| February 16, 2007 |
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Goulder named to vice-chair Calif. environmental advisory committee FSI senior fellow Lawrence Goulder has been named the vice-chair of the California Environmental Protection Agency's Market Advisory Committee. The 13-member committee, consisting of climate policy experts from around the world, is charged with developing a market-based plan for meeting the greenhouse gas emissions targets established under the California climate-change bill passed last September.
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| February 13, 2007 |
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'We need a new conservation movement, one that makes conservation economically attractive,' says Natural Capital Project director and CESP senior fellow Gretchen Daily The just-launched Natural Capital Project is a collaboration of Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment, the Nature Conservancy, and the World Wildlife Fun. The project will measure the carbon, hydrology and biodiversity benefits of various international ecosystems-putting a price tag on all of them.
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| February 7, 2007 |
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Nature: Is the global carbon market working? The Clean Development Mechanism can be viewed not only as a market, but also as a subsidy and a political mechanism. Michael Wara argues that it has been most effective, so far, in achieving its political goals.
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| February 5, 2007 |
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Political ''ownership'' by involving government officials in processing the latest IPCC report an important step, says climate scientist Stephen Schneider "Ownership across governments radically altered how these reports have been received," said Dr. Schneider. "This is no longer something imposed on them. They were part of it. They may not like what it says, but they own it. That process took 10 years, but it built a lot of trust."
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| January 11, 2007 |
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Climate scientist Stephen Schneider describes chilling consequences of a nuclear war Beyond the immediate devastation of a large-scale nuclear war, a growing number of scientists are concerned about the aftermath of "nuclear winter," which could result in famine for billions of people across the globe.
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The Goldman Interschool Honors Program in Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy applications for the upcoming year are due April 20, 2007 The Goldman Interschool Honors Program brings together students from the Schools of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering, and Earth Sciences to participate in a small group seminar. If you want to graduate with an honors certification in Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy, pick up an application in room E401, Encina Hall-East or email Roz Naylor at roz@stanford.edu. All class years welcome to inquire.
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| January 2, 2007 |
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CESP research fellow Jon Christensen featured in "The Great Wilderness Compromise" aired January 5, 2007 PBS "NOW" heads out West to examine a controversial effort to find common ground on wilderness protection in the reddest state in America: Idaho. Correspondent Jon Christensen follows Rep. Mike Simpson, the Republican sponsor of a compromise wilderness bill, from the halls of Congress to the peaks of the White Cloud Mountains.
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| December 4, 2006 |
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Energy-saving opportunities identified in the recently released McKinsey report are a 'start smart' approach to global warming policy, says climate expert Stephen Schneider "The economy needs time to adjust, the politics takes time to gel and people need to understand and get use to change to really support the big moves," explains Stephen Schneider, in a recent New York Times article. The growth rate of worldwide energy consumption could be cut by more than half over the next 15 years through more aggressive energy-efficiency efforts by households and industry, according to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute.
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| December 1, 2006 |
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Global impact of hydroelectric dams may be significant Nature magazine included findings from PESD researcher, Danny Cullenward's work analyzing emissions of greenhouse gases from hydroelectric dams in the tropics. He estimates that dams release between 95 million and 122 million tonnes of methane per year. His work has also been featured in a recent report by Berkeley-based International Rivers Network and in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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| November 22, 2006 |
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Geography is the relationship between the what, the why and the where, says geographer Karen Seto It is the crucial integration of the human and the physical - how one thinks, not what one thinks.
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| November 16, 2006 |
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Climate expert Stephen Schneider leads communication seminar on climate change This November marked the launch of the Woods Institute for the Environment's Inter-University Scholars Training Program. CESP research associate Michael Mastrandrea is one of fifteen university scholars participating in the program to improve understanding and communication between university researchers and California policymakers working on climate change.
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| November 14, 2006 |
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Gretchen Daily launches new Natural Capital Project The Natural Capital Project is an interdisciplinary research effort that seeks to recognize natural systems for their intrinsic and economic values and contributions to human well-being, and where ecosystems are viewed as assets.
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| October 31, 2006 |
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"We must look for 'fingerprints' to determine if humans are the cause of climate change," says climate scientist Stephen Schneider "Fingerprints" refer to consistent temperature-related shifts in patterns and traits in species, ecosystems, and the atmosphere. One "fingerprint," for example, is the observation that the lower atmosphere is warming while the upper atmosphere is cooling. If nature (the sun) were responsible, the sun would warm all levels of the atmosphere equally.
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| October 24, 2006 |
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Stephen Schneider keynote speaker at FOCUS PALO ALTO 2006/Palo Alto Business Goes Green The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerice hosted a luncheon to celebrate the launch of Palo Alto Business Goes Green geared at creating a partnership among government, business and the public in support of continuous environmental improvement.
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| October 19, 2006 |
FSE is co-sponsoring the Conradin von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture on the Environment delivered by Patagonia founder and owner, Yvon ChouinardThe lecture begins at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, in Bishop Auditorium at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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| October 18, 2006 |
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The Chronicle of Higher Education spotlights CESP's Yaqui Valley Sustainability project as a case study sprung from the new field of 'sustainability science' Over the past decade, CESP researchers, along with over 50 collaborators from other U.S. and Mexican institutions, have been studying the complex relationships among environment, agriculture, and policy decisions in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico.
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Climate scientist Stephen Schneider sees PG&E CEO's newfound leadership on global warming 'big, big progress'Schneider was among the experts PG&E CEO Darbee met with to discuss how the utility company should act on the issue of global warming.
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| October 6, 2006 |
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FSI panel "Global Security: New Dilemmas, New Solutions" for Reunion Homecoming Weekend As part of Classes Without Quizzes, a unique academic highlight of Reunion Homecoming Weekend, Rosamond Naylor, Stephen Stedman, and Mark H. Hayes describe the security challenges emerging nations face, including food and energy shortages, and discuss ways we might meet these increasing needs without depleting natural resources and damaging the environment. Friday, October 13, 3:15-4:15 p.m., Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall
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| August 2, 2006 |
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Mastrandrea welcomes move by the Clinton Foundation to address climate issues The Clinton Foundation is forming a partnership with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, led by the mayor of London, to work on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in cities, which generate roughly 70 percent of the world's greenhouse gases.
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| July 27, 2006 |
Donald Kennedy is selected as the third Clark Kerr LecturerThe lecture series provides an important venue for leading scholars and practitioners to come to the University of California to reflect upon and consider major policy issues facing higher education, broadly defined.
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Donald Kennedy receives the 2006 ANDP Education AwardThe ANDP Education Award is given to individuals in recognition of a distinguised career and outstanding contributions to research and education in neuroscience.
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| July 18, 2006 |
Senate testimony on Indian nuclear power, proliferation, and climate changePESD director David Victor testifies to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that the U.S.-India nuclear deal currently being debated by Congress could have a large impact on greenhouse gas emissions and be a major step towards engaging developing countries in the fight against climate change.
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| July 5, 2006 |
Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040 book releasedThe anticipated title from Cambridge University Press has been released in hard-cover and is available for purchase. Edited by PESD director, David Victor, Rice professor Amy Jaffe, and PESD fellow Mark Hayes, the book sheds light on the political challenges which may accompany a shift to a natural gas-fed world.
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| June 21, 2006 |
Land conservation efforts offer financial rewards for cattle ranchers, study findsWriting in the June 12 weekly online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers from Stanford University and the University of Hawaii-Manoa conclude that long-term reforestation of pastureland can be good for the environment and the pocketbook by offering landowners the potential of earning nearly nine times more income than they would from traditional cattle ranching.
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Fish farming does not create a net food gain for the world, says aquaculture specialist Rosamond Naylor Rosamond Naylor claims that around two pounds of wild prey fish are required to create one pound of farmed fish.
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| June 5, 2006 |
Woods Institute awards senior fellow Karen Seto with Environmental Venture Program grantSeto awarded one of five research grants for project entitled, "From Bangalore to the Bay Area: Comparative Urban Growth Patterns Across the Pacific Rim." Established in 2004, the grant program is designed to provide seed money to interdisciplinary projects.
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| May 9, 2006 |
PESD Director David Victor addresses chaotic world of energy policyThe world's energy system seems to have come unhinged. Oil is trading at record high prices because demand keeps rising even as supplies become unreliable. Oil exporters from Iran to Russia and Venezuela are using their petrocash to pursue agendas that undercut western security and interests. Supplies of natural gas also seem less secure than ever.
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| April 17, 2006 |
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PESD director David G. Victor advises how to manage our oil addiction The Brazilian government is declaring victory in its decades-long struggle to become self-sufficient in the supply of oil. The milestone is cause for celebration in a country that has long paid a high price for imported energy.
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| April 12, 2006 |
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There are plenty of opportunities for TV weather forecasters to raise public awareness on the issue of climate change, says Stephen Schneider Many television meteorologists say they are interested in playing a more active reporting role on climate change issues. But in a newsroom dominated by ratings and tightly scripted formats, breaking the mold can be an overwhelming challenge.
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| April 10, 2006 |
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Rainy years important for sustainability says senior fellow David Freyberg With the aquifers at capacity, creeks will run far into summer this year, providing an abundant food and water supply for wildlife and plants.
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| April 6, 2006 |
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Recent price increases in the former Soviet Union republics are not political, but reflect worrisome economic and geological facts about Russian gas fields, says PESD research fellow Nadejda Victor. Victor's opinion piece in the Washington Post highlights the difficult choices the Russian energy giant Gazprom must make in the future to meet the upcoming gas crunch in Russia.
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| April 5, 2006 |
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Human well-being purchased at the expense of the environment, says Millenium Ecosystem Assessment author and CESP senior fellow Harold Mooney But because those gains in well-being have come at increasing costs to the environment, the ecologists predict that the natural world will one day be incapable of providing the resources people need.
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CESP co-director Steve Schneider puts striking odds on the probability of major climate change disasters, but urges not to give up The best we can hope for is to prevent the worst - world-altering disasters like catastrophic climate change and a drastic rise in sea levels, say 10 leading climate scientists interviewed by The Associated Press.
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| April 4, 2006 |
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A looser patchwork of international agreements that puts more emphasis on research and development is what is needed to address the escalating problem of climate change, says David Victor Senior fellows David Victor and Stephen Schneider provide comment on the impacts of the Kyoto protocol on climate change.
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