Please join us for the Tuesday Policy Forum on March 15th featuring Dr. Steven J. Smith, senior scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute. He will be speaking on the topic, "Geo-Engineering the Climate: Part of the Solution (Or Part of the Problem)?"
The Forum will be held in Room 1203 Van Munching Hall, 12:15-1:30 PM.
Tuesday Policy Forum | | March 15
Dr. Steven J. Smith is a senior scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, MD (JGCRI; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland). His research focuses on long-term socio-economic scenarios and the interface between socio-economic systems and the climate system in the areas of aerosols/greenhouse gases, energy efficiency, renewable energy, the carbon-cycle, and land-use changes. Recent research includes: examination of the role of non-CO2 forcing agents in policy scenarios, including sulfate aerosols, historical sulfur dioxide emissions, black carbon, and non-CO2 greenhouse gases, and analysis of the role of renewable energy and energy efficiency in meeting greenhouse gas emission goals. Smith was one of the developers of the ObjECTS object-oriented modeling framework used at JGCRI and a lead author for the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios. He received his PhD in physics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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