Blue Box Seminar

Friday, March 4, 3-4 p.m.

Online

What are Plausible Futures and Why do they Matter?

Abstract: Much of climate science and policy today is grounded in research that relies on out-of-date scenarios. These scenarios date to 2010 and even earlier, and from the perspective of today, are readily shown to be implausible. In this talk I will discuss how this situation arised, how it might be addressed and its implications for climate research, assessment and policy

About the author: Roger Pielke, Jr. has been on the faculty of the University of Colorado Boulder since 2001, where he teaches and writes on a diverse range of policy and governance issues related to science, technology, environment, innovation and sports. Roger is a professor in the Environmental Studies Program. Roger is currently focusing his research on a NSF-sponsored, 16-country evaluation of science advice in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86588596629?pwd=VDhEVmlISXdKSmVISjRzUkZCME9aZz09

Presented by Department of Geography

Event Listing 2022-03-04 15:00:00 2022-03-04 16:00:00 America/St_Johns Blue Box Seminar What are Plausible Futures and Why do they Matter? Abstract: Much of climate science and policy today is grounded in research that relies on out-of-date scenarios. These scenarios date to 2010 and even earlier, and from the perspective of today, are readily shown to be implausible. In this talk I will discuss how this situation arised, how it might be addressed and its implications for climate research, assessment and policy About the author: Roger Pielke, Jr. has been on the faculty of the University of Colorado Boulder since 2001, where he teaches and writes on a diverse range of policy and governance issues related to science, technology, environment, innovation and sports. Roger is a professor in the Environmental Studies Program. Roger is currently focusing his research on a NSF-sponsored, 16-country evaluation of science advice in the COVID-19 pandemic. Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86588596629?pwd=VDhEVmlISXdKSmVISjRzUkZCME9aZz09 Online Department of Geography