Senator John Kerry to Introduce C-ROADS Briefing in Washington

March 13, 2009 by Stephanie McCauley

Our partners John Sterman from MIT and Bob Corell from the Heinz Center are presenting C-ROADS and its latest findings this Wednesday (March 18) on the Hill!  Senator John Kerry will provide introductory remarks. See announcement below.

Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Policies: New Science Tools in the Service of Policy and Negotiations

AMS/Heinz Center Briefing

What is the Climate-Rapid Overview And Decision Support Simulator (C-ROADS) and what was the motivation for its development? More importantly, how is this simulator intended to be used to assess the success or failure of various greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction policies, nationally and internationally, alone or in combination, to limit climate change? Is the tool scientifically robust? Who is its intended user? Are there examples of the use of C-ROADS to evaluate current legislative proposals to reduce GHG emissions? What was the outcome of those simulations?

Public Invited*

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 New Time - 12:30 2:30 pm Russell Senate Office Building, Room 325 Washington, DC

Buffet Reception Following

Moderator:

Dr. Anthony Socci, Senior Science and Communication Fellow, American Meteorological Society

Introductory Remarks: The Honorable Senator John F. Kerry (MA)

Speakers:

sterman-photo11Dr. John D. Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Director of the MIT System Dynamics Group, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA

dscf0016Dr. Robert W. Corell, Vice-President of Programs, The H. John Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Washington, DC