Introduction to CMI-13: The thirteen annual meeting of the
Carbon Mitigation Initiative Steve Pacala and Rob Socolow April 15,
2014
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Co-Directors: S. Pacala R. Socolow Co-Directors: S. Pacala R.
Socolow BP: F. Bayon G. Hill BP: F. Bayon G. Hill Advisory Council:
S. Benson/F. Orr, Stanford D. Burtraw, Resources for the Future D.
Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council D. Keith, Harvard M.
Levi, Council on Foreign Relations H. Youngs/C.Somerville, EBI,
Berkeley CA Advisory Council: S. Benson/F. Orr, Stanford D.
Burtraw, Resources for the Future D. Hawkins, Natural Resources
Defense Council D. Keith, Harvard M. Levi, Council on Foreign
Relations H. Youngs/C.Somerville, EBI, Berkeley CA Collaborators:
GFDL, Princeton NJ Tsinghua University Politecnico di Milano
University of Bergen Climate Central, Princeton NJ Collaborators:
GFDL, Princeton NJ Tsinghua University Politecnico di Milano
University of Bergen Climate Central, Princeton NJ Research Groups:
Science Technology Integration Research Groups: Science Technology
Integration CMI Structure
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The mission of CMI is to lead the way to a compelling and
sustainable solution of the carbon and climate change problem. By
combining the unique and complementary strengths of the CMI parties
a premier academic institution and an influential global company
CMI participants seek to attain a novel synergy across fundamental
science, technology development, and business principles that
accelerates the pace from discovery, through proof of concept, to
scalable solution. CMI Mission Statement
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CMIs Carbon Commitment CMI will remain a steward of the climate
change problem, so that when attention is refocused, the CMI
partners will be ready.
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Agenda and goals: today Agenda itemWhy included? This
talkIntroduce/reintroduce CMI Provide highlights from 2013 Provide
context for renewed CMI, 2014-2020 SarmientoNew CMI results in
ocean and terrestrial carbon science Stone and PhillipsNew
independent report on geothermal energy, a dispatchable non-carbon
resource (Stone, co-author) Celia and KangRisk analyses for
below-ground CO 2 and CH 4 Deep dive #1: Ramaswamy, Delworth,
Knutson (GFDL) Update on climate science: certainty, simulation
tools, evaluation of extreme events BP ReviewReport on BP evolution
and reengagement Flannery30-year perspective on climate change, the
oil industry, and university-industry partnerships
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Agenda and goals: tomorrow Agenda itemWhy included? MeggersNew
faculty: energy-efficient buildings revisited SteingartNew faculty:
battery research frontier Advisory committeeIndependent
perspectives on CMI Deep dive #2: Hawkins, Burtraw, Levi (advisory
committee) The Washington carbon scene in the key year ahead for
activism in the executive branch
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Read our Annual Report Current Roster 20 professor-level
investigators 70 post-docs, graduate students, support staff
