2008 News and Events
| December 12, 2008 | Robert Corell is one of several U.S. experts on Arctic issues to join in a working meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon |
| December 10, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts a breakout session for the National Center for Science and the Environment on “Communicating the issue of Biodiversity,” as part of the NCSE annual conference. |
| December 9, 2008 | The National Water Quality Monitoring council hosts a presentation from Robin O’Malley on the Environmental Information: A Road Map to the Future |
| December 9, 2008 | At the National Council for Science and the Environment’s 2008 conference “Biodiversity in a rapidly changing world” Thomas Lovejoy serves as a panel moderator and Robin O’Malley serves as a discussion leader. |
| December 4, 2008 | The Washington International School features a keynote address from Tom Lovejoy at the inauguration of their environmental program. |
| December 4, 2008 | Thomas Kiser elected to Board of Trustees |
| December 4, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy presents to officials at the World Bank. |
| December 4, 2008 | The Heinz Center Board of Trustees meets in Washington, D.C. |
| December 2, 2008 | The Biomass Utilization Group, a federal interagency panel, hosts a presentation by Robin O’Malley. |
| November 26, 2008 | The European Science Foundation’s Policy conference “Global challenges and the need for cooperation: Lessons learnt from Global Change” in Stockholm, Sweden features a presentation from Bob Corell. |
| Nov 19, 2008 | Bob Corell participates in the Aspen Institute's Arctic Dialogue in Wye, Maryland. |
| Nov 18, 2008 | Robin O’Malley presents at the Electric Power Research Institute Biomass Interest Group meeting in Baltimore |
| November 17-18, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts the first meeting of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Carbon Cycle Science Team. Senior Scholar Dennis Ojima is a committee member. Learn more about the Program at http://www.carboncyclescience.gov/default.php |
| November 13, 2008 | Chicago Wilderness 2008 Congress features Thomas Lovejoy as speaker |
| November 11, 2008 | Rhodes College hosts Thomas Lovejoy, along with Charles Mann and Mark London, during festivities celebrating the college’s expanded environmental studies program. |
| November 11, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy participates in the inaugural ceremony for environmental studies at Rhodes College |
| November 7, 2008 | FlyP post-election edition “Now What?” includes an interview with Bob Corell on global change. |
| November 6, 2008 | AAAS-Hitachi Lecture on Science and Society features Thomas Lovejoy |
| November 5, 2008 | The Business for Social Responsibility 2008 Sustainability Conference includes Bob Corell as panelist. |
| October 30-31, 2008 | Christophe Tulou is among the insurance and climate experts invited to participate in a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration-sponsored workshop on Insurance and Climate Change, co-hosted by the Wharton School and the University of Maryland |
| October 27-28, 2008 | Dennis Ojima attends the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme’s (IGBP) Planet 2050 Meeting in Copenhagen |
| October 27, 2008 | “We did it, We can undo it.” Thomas Lovejoy editorial in the International Herald Tribune |
| October 26, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy addresses leaders at the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Environment Program about the state of the world environment |
| October 23-24, 2008 | At the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign’s annual meeting, Jonathan Mawdsley co-chairs a Task Force on Pesticides and Pollinators that include representatives from US EPA, the chemical industry, academic researchers who study the effects of pesticides on bees, professional beekeepers, and agricultural growers groups. Jonathan also provided an update to a plenary session about his work with beetle pollinators in Africa. He is on the NAPPC steering committee. |
| Oct 22-25, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in the Aspen Global Change Institute’s fall meeting “Managing the cycles of nitrogen and phosphorous: Mitigation and Adaptation” |
| October 22, 2008 | Christine Negra addresses the U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program with a plenary talk on The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems 2008 |
| October 20 - 22, 2008 | Soil and Water Conservation Society Conference “Farming With Grass: Achieving Sustainable Mixed Agricultural Landscapes in Grasslands Environments” features Dennis Ojima as a lead speaker on assessment tools for monitoring and predicting changes and to support scenario analyses of alternatives and tradeoffs |
| October 20, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy presents “Climate Change: Prospects for Nature” to the Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas |
| October 17, 2008 | Dennis Ojima addresses Boston University’s Geology Series with a speech entitled “New Perspectives in Global Change and Land Science” |
| October 16, 2008 | Christine Negra gives a presentation to the National Atmospheric Deposition Program in on the Heinz Center’s EPA Air Quality project |
| October 14-16, 2008 | The Oak Foundation’s meeting in Copenhagen features Bob Corell as keynote speaker |
| October 14, 2008 | Dennis Ojima joins fellow Colorado State University professors “America’s Research Universities: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Energy Future through Collaboration, Commercial Innovation and Workforce Education,” a briefing held in the Senate Dirksen building. |
| October 13, 2008 | Missouri Botanical Garden awards Thomas Lovejoy the Henry Shaw Award press release and news coverage |
| October 10, 2008 | Tom Lovejoy gives a keynote address to the Korean National Institute of Biological Resources |
| October 7, 2008 | The Heinz Center co-sponsors a climate teleconference for broadcast meteorologists. Bob Corell serves as moderator for the briefing, hosted by Resource Media. For an mp3 recording of the briefing and more resources visit www.climate-extremes.com |
| October 6, 2008 | Bob Corell participates in a Climate Change Science Program Professional Roundtable. |
| October 6, 2008 | The Heinz Center welcomes Zhimin Mao, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. Ms. Mao is a fellow at the Center, conducting research on the Global Energy Assessment, through the Spring of 2009. |
| October 5-7, 2008 | Tom Lovejoy chairs the philanthropy panel at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain. |
| October 3, 2008 | Bob Corell participates in International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) meetings in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. |
| October 1, 2008 | Tom Lovejoy presents “Climate Change: Prospects for Nature” at the University of Kentucky. |
| September 30-October 1, 2008 | Robin O’Malley attends the Center for Disease Control’s “Picture of America” health indicators initiative advisory group meeting |
| September 29-October 3, 2008 | Dennis Ojima travels to California to participate in the Western Mountain Initiative’s meeting in Sequoia National Park. |
| September 29, 2008 | Tom Lovejoy lectures at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies |
| September 26, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts Josep “Pep” Canadell, Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, for a briefing on RECCAP – Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment & Processes. View Pep’s presentation (.pdf, 2MB). Read the Project’s global carbon trends report. |
| September 26, 2008 | Carnegie Mellon panel on careers in public policy and the environment features Dennis Ojima. |
| September 26, 2008 | Staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Water and the Environment receive a briefing on State of the Nation’s Ecosystems 2008 |
| September 25, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy receives the “Spirit of Defenders Award for Science” from Defenders of Wildlife at their Annual Dinner |
| September 24-25, 2008 | Bob Corell attends the New York Green Summit in New York City, sponsored by the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce |
| September 24, 2008 | Christine Negra briefs the Sustainable Resources Roundtable on The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems 2008 at meetings in Bozeman, Montana |
| September 24, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy meets with the U.N. Development Programme and the Terrestrial Carbon group in New York City |
| September 22-24, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Biofuels meeting in Bonn, Germany |
| September 22, 2008 | House Science Committee Staff receive a briefing on The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems 2008 |
| September 21-23, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy travels to Peru with a delegation from Hunt Oil, meeting with sustainable forest managers |
| September 19, 2008 | Colorado State University professor Kenneth Reardon visits the Heinz Center to present an overview of CSU’s work in biorefining and biofuels. View his presentation here (.pdf, 4MB). Learn more about their work at http://www.c2b2web.org/ |
| September 18-19, 2008 | Bob Corell chairs a National Research Council meeting |
| September 18, 2008 | The Heinz Center’s EPA Air Quality Project steering committee convenes by conference call to discuss indicator design for ozone and mercury |
| September 18, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy presents keynote address at the Pacific Forest Trust’s annual “Forest Fete” in San Francisco |
| September 15-17, 2007 | The Global Environment Facility’s science panel is chaired by Thomas Lovejoy |
| September 12, 2008 | Robin O’Malley addresses the interagency group guiding the National Environmental Status and Trends Indicators (NEST), the new federal environmental indicator effort |
| September 12, 2008 | Robin O’Malley addresses the interagency group guiding the National Environmental Status and Trends Indicators (NEST), the new federal environmental indicator effort |
| September 10-13, 2008 | Bob Corell attends Ecologic meetings in Berlin, Germany for the Transatlantic Policy Options for Supporting Adaptations in the Marine Arctic (Arctic TRANSFORM) project |
| September 10, 2008 | The British American Business Association and the Heinz Center Business Council for Economics and the Environment co-host “Investing for a Greener Future: The Role of Financial Institutions,” a third annual collaborative event made possible by generous support from Arnold & Porter LLP |
| September 9, 2008 | Jonathan Mawdsley addresses members of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ about performance indicators for fish and wildlife management at their annual meeting in Saratoga Springs, New York |
| September 9, 2008 | The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies features Robin O’Malley as a speaker at their event “Why Green Resources Must Be Valued in the Next Administration” |
| September 8-10, 2008 | Dennis Ojima travels to Sarasota, Florida to discuss partnership opportunities with the State of Florida |
| September 5-8, 2008 | Bob Corell travels to Greenland with the Tallberg Foundation |
| September 5, 2008 | Robin O’Malley attends the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s climate services roundtable meeting on public health aspects of climate information and delivery needs |
| August 23, 2008 | The University of Colorado’s series “Meeting the Global Energy and Climate Challenge” features Thomas Lovejoy as speaker |
| August 11 - 15, 2008 | Jonathan Mawdsley completes fieldwork on a comprehensive survey for rare tiger beetles at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. This is the first study of tiger beetles in the Long Island pine barrens ecosystem. Support for this work has been provided by the U. S. Department of Energy |
| August 8, 2008: | Heinz Center Announces New Biodiversity Chair |
| August 3-8, 2008 | The Heinz Center participates in the Ecological Society of America’s annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| August 3, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy keynotes the Ecological Society of America’s annual meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. View his presentation. (.pdf, 10MB) |
| July 31, 2008 | The Heinz Center Board of Trustees meets in Washington, D.C. |
| July 17-23, 2008 | Heinz Center co-sponsors the “Bioenergy and Earth System Sustainability” meeting in Piracicaba, Brazil, organized by the Earth Systems Science Partnership’s Global Carbon Project |
| July 9-19, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy and Bob Corell participate in the “Arctic Expedition for Climate Action,” sponsored by National Geographic, the Aspen Institute and Lindblad Expeditions |
| July 4-14, 2008 | Dennis Ojima travels to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to do field-work on mountain regions in the area |
| July 1, 2008 | The Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) features Bob Corell as a panel discussant for the Presidential Advisors National Security Briefing Roundtable, exploring the latest climate science and its implications for national security. |
| June 29-July 1, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy attends United Nations Environment Program meetings in Nairobi |
| June 28-July 4, 2008 | Dennis Ojima attends the International Grasslands Congress & International Rangelands Congress 2008 annual conference in Hohhot, China. His panel discusses how climate change is affecting grasslands and rangelands, and those that depend on the lands for their livelihood. |
| June 26, 2008 | Anne Marsh participates in the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable |
| June 26, 2008 | “The American Response to Climate Change” conference in Tupper Lake, New York features Thomas Lovejoy and John Holdren as joint keynote speakers |
| June 25-26, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in a meeting of the Clinton Foundation’s “Carbon Measurement Coalition” at Google headquarters |
| June 25-29, 2008 | Bob Corell travels to Sweden to participate in "How on earth can we live together? In search of the common sense" the 2008 Tällberg Annual Forum |
| June 23, 2008 | The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climate Service Meeting in Vail, Colorado features Thomas Lovejoy as a speaker |
| June 23, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy address the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Science Advisory Board in Vail, Colorado |
| June 23, 2008 | The Heinz Center welcomes Douglas Black, Director of Finance and Administration |
| June 19, 2008 | Christine Negra briefs representatives of the American Petroleum Institute on State of the Nation’s Ecosystems 2008 |
| June 18, 2008 | The Smithsonian Institute’s “Climate Change: Changing Health Patterns” event at the National Press Club features Bob Corell as panelist |
| June 18, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy addresses the Environet group at White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee, Florida |
| June 17, 2008 | Bob Corell participates in the National Research Council’s Climate Change Decision Support Panel |
| June 17, 2008 | State of the Nation's Ecosystems 2008 released along with environmental policy recommendations |
| June 11-12, 2008 | The Insurance Information Institute’s Catastrophe Modeling Forum in New York features Christophe Tulou as speaker |
| June 9, 2008 | California Academy of Sciences features Thomas Lovejoy as lecturer |
| June 6, 2008 | At the Yale University Class of 1963 45th reunion Thomas Lovejoy presents “Climate Change: Prospects for Nature” |
| June 6, 2008 | Christophe Tulou participates in a NOAA Constituent Roundtable to discuss issues of significance to the National Ocean Service |
| June 5, 2008 | The United States Department of State World Environment Day briefing on renewable energy includes Bob Corell and Dennis Ojima as panelists. |
| June 4, 2008 | The Arctic Parliamentarians feature Bob Corell as the keynote at their meeting in New York City |
| June 3-5, 2008 | Bob Corell and Dennis Ojima participate in the U. S. Department of Interior’s Climate Change Workshop in Boston, Massachusetts |
| June 2-June 13, 2008 | The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems 2008 conducts pre-release briefings with congressional and agency staff, foundations and businesses in advance of the June 17 report publication |
| June 2, 2008 | Bob Corell is a panelist for “Challenges at the Top of the World,” a Capitol Hill briefing on the Arctic hosted by World Wildlife Fund and Alaska Wilderness League |
| May 29, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in Battelle Global Energy Technology Strategy Program meetings |
| May 28, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, for a meeting on “Arctic Transform: Transatlantic Policy Options for Supporting Adaptations in the Marine Arctic” |
| May 27-30, 2008 | Bob Corell participates in Global Energy Assessment meetings in Lund, Sweden |
| May 27, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s “2008 Conservation Leadership Dialogue on Conservation and Climate Change: Building a Framework for Adaptive Management” |
| May 23-28, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy hosts Heinz Center Trustees and guests at his “Camp 41” in the Amazon |
| May 23, 2008 | Dennis Ojima serves as a panelist at the United States Department of State World Environment Day briefing on adaptation and disaster mitigation. |
| May 21-26, 2008 | Bob Corell travels to Greenland for a learning journey with the Tallberg Foundation |
| May 21-22, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in the National Research Council’s meeting of the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change |
| May 19, 2008 | Carnegie Mellon University Student Joins the Heinz Center as Summer Fellow |
| May 12-15, 2008 | Robert Corell participates in the National Academy of Science’s “Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support” meeting in Irvine, California |
| May 12-14, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service meetings in Denver, Colorado |
| May 7, 2008 | Bob Corell lectures at the University of Colorado, Boulder |
| May 6, 2008 | The Academy of Natural Sciences’ Town Square Forum features Thomas Lovejoy as speaker |
| May 8, 2008 | The Consortium for Ocean Leadership elects Bob Corell Trustee |
| May 7, 2008 | Heinz Center and Ceres announce partnership on “Resilient Coasts” Project |
| May 6, 2008 | The Rocky Mountain Institute features Bob Corell as speaker in Boulder, Colorado |
| May 5, 2008 | Robin O’Malley speaks at the 2008 National Clean Water Policy Forum |
| May 4-9, 2008 | Dennis Ojima travels to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Annual Congress “Sustainable Livelihoods in a Changing Earth System” |
| May 4, 2008 | University of Alaska awards Bob Corell an Honorary Degree |
| April 28-30, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in the NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop |
| April 28, 2008 | Christophe Tulou moderates the insurance program meeting at the Ceres annual conference in Boston |
| April 22, 2008 | Montgomery College’s Green Club features Bob Corell as the keynote speaker at their Earth Day event |
| April 21-23, 2008 | Dennis Ojima participates in the Monsoon Asia Regional Integrated Study’s (MAIRS) International Workshop on Anthropogenic Impacts on Asian Monsoon held at the Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, in Nanjing, China |
| April 19, 2008 | The Sixth Annual Larson-Allmaras Lecture at the University of Minnesota features Robin O’Malley along with Bob Stewart of the University of Texas |
| April 18, 2008 | Earth Day celebrations at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, New York, feature Thomas Lovejoy as keynote speaker |
| April 17-18, 2008 | Robert Corell participates in the National Academy of Science’s Climate Forum |
| April 15-16, 2008 | Robert Corell participates in the Wharton School’s First Annual Conference on Business and the Environment, organized by the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership |
| April 9, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts an adaptation working group of agency representatives and non-profit organizations |
| April 8, 2008 | The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service features Robin O’Malley as their luncheon speaker |
| April 3, 2008 | Christophe Tulou participates in the National Academy of Science’s Disasters Roundtable workshop on climate change and disaster |
| March 27, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts international scholars from the Global Environment Program of Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies |
| March 26, 2008 | Dennis Ojima moderates a panel entitled “Clean and Renewable Energy” for a Colorado State University event in New York City |
| March 21, 2008 | The University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada features Thomas Lovejoy as the keynote speaker at its annual Kenneth Hammond Lecture Series |
| March 20, 2008 | The Heinz Center Board of Trustees holds its first meeting of 2008 |
| March 16-19, 2008 | Christophe Tulou and Dennis Ojima participate in strategy meetings co-hosted by the Rockefeller and Clinton Foundations in Bellagio, Italy |
| March 14, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts a briefing for the Global Energy Assessment |
| March 13-14, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy and Dennis Ojima participate in the national Academies of Science Summit “America’s Energy Future” |
| March 13, 2008 | The Heinz Center hosts a briefing for Dr. Chris West, Director of the United Kingdom’s Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) |
| March 12, 2008 | The World Bank hosts a forum on adaptation to climate change featuring Dennis Ojima as one of the keynote speakers |
| March 12, 2008 | The Brookhaven National Laboratory features Thomas Lovejoy as a speaker |
| March 13-14, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy and Dennis Ojima participate in the National Academies of Science conference “America's Energy Future: Technology Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs” |
| March 11, 2008 | Johns Hopkins University Foreign Affairs Symposium "Energy Conservation and Sustainability: The Impending Climate Crisis" features Thomas Lovejoy; Terry Maple, President of the Palm Beach Zoo; and Scott Brown, CEO of New Energy Capital Corp |
| March 10, 2008 | Heinz Center co-sponsors biofuels conference |
| March 8, 2008 | New Jersey Land Conservation Foundation features Thomas Lovejoy as keynote at the 12th annual New Jersey Land conservation Rally |
| March 5-7, 2008 | The Heinz Center convenes wildlife experts in Reno, Nevada for a workshop with the Nevada Department of Wildlife |
| February 29, 2008 | The Pinchot Institute for Conservation forum on adaptation on federal lands features Robin O’Malley as a speaker |
| February 25-29, 2008 | Heinz Center co-sponsors Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Americas conference |
| February 14, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Climate Change |
| February 14, 2008 | Christophe Tulou participates in the 2008 “Investor Summit on Climate Risk,” a cooperative effort of Ceres, the United Nations Foundation, and the U. N. Fund for International Partnerships, held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City |
| February 8, 2008 | Robert Corell addresses the National Science Foundation’s working group on sustainable energy |
| February 6-8, 2008 | Dennis Ojima attends the Tyndall Center Adaptation Conference “Living with Climate Change: Are there limits to adaptation?” at the Royal Geographic Society in London, England |
| February 5-6, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy chairs the review committee of the United States Department of Agriculture’s assessment of climate change impacts |
| January 31, 2008 | Arizona State University’s Wrigley Lecture Series on Sustainability features Thomas Lovejoy and Peter Crane, University of Chicago, addressing “The Future of Biodiversity” |
| January 29, 2008 | Thomas Lovejoy among scientists who address the impacts of climate change on wildlife and their habitats at the Capitol and National Press Club |
| January 17, 2008 | Robert Corell receives lifetime achievement award |
| January 17, 2008 | Heinz Center hosts three sessions at the NCSE annual conference |
| January 15, 2008 | The Heinz Center co-hosts a Climate Adaptation Strategy Meeting with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Kendall Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation |
| January 14-15, 2008 | Robert Corell participates in a GE Stakeholder Forum in Washington, D.C. |
| January 8, 2008 | The Environmental Reporting Program hosts "Climate Change and Ecosystems: Toward a National System for Monitoring and Reporting," the second in a series of adaptation working meetings with senior managers and scientists from federal agencies |
| January 7-8, 2008 | Robert Corell chairs the National Research Council’s Climate Change Decision Support Panel at the National Academies of Science |
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