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Upcoming Events
Participants specializing in various disciplines, often from the natural and social science fields, are invited to attend these events. Public Lectures held during the workshops are open to the public. If you are interested in learning more please contact us
2019
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The Future of Past Climate
May 05, 2019 to May 10, 2019Science Session -
Next-Generation Food Shock Modeling
May 19, 2019 to May 24, 2019Science Session -
Food System Impacts of Pests & Pathogens in a Changing Climate
August 18, 2019 to August 23, 2019Science Session
Featured News
Aspen Global Change Institute: 25 Years of Interdisciplinary Global Change Science
March 02, 2016
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Gerald Meehl and Richard MossAGCI past participants Jerry Meehl, and Richard Moss reflect on how the Aspen Global Change Institute has convened scientists to define challenges, develop disciplinary and interdisciplinary research strategies, improve communication across natural and social sciences, and plan assessments and other decision support activities over the last 25 years.
NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015
February 11, 2016
NOAA News
Thomas Karl from NOAA and Gavin Schmidt from NASA, presented new climate data in a media teleconference that indicates Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880. These independent analyses provide government and business leaders with critical decision-making information.
Toward Improving Decadal Climate Predictions
December 21, 2015
EOS
George Boer, Gerald Meehl, Doug Smith2015 workshop co-chairs George Boer, Jerry Meehl, and Doug Smith, report on the outcomes of the Decadal Climate Predictions: Improving Our Understanding of Processes and Mechanisms to Make Better Predictions AGCI workshop. The new field of decadal climate prediction has the potential to provide time-evolving regional climate information on timescales of 1–10 years.
First Convening of the Coordinated Global and Regional Assessment (CGRA)
December 10, 2015
agmip.org
James Oliver and Erik Mencos ContrerasJames Oliver & Erik Mencos Contreras offer insight into AGCI's 2015 AgMIP Workshop on Coordinated Global and Regional Integrated Assessments of Climate Change and Food Security. The CGRA workshop was one of the first efforts to focus on the melding together of differing disciplines and scales to develop a more consistent and complete assessment of food security.
Portugal Professor Speaks in Aspen about Community Climate Change Resiliency
December 02, 2015
Aspen Public Radio
Marci Krivonen2015 AGCI public lecturer Jose Palma-Oliveira, spoke with Aspen Public Radio about his talk Predicting Community Resilience in a Changing Climate, along with thoughts on the 2015 Paris Climate talks, and how Aspen can improve its own resiliency.
Expert to Speak in Aspen about Urbanization
October 12, 2015
Aspen Public Radio
Marci KrivonenOne of AGCI's 2015 public lecture speakers, Karen Seto, spoke with APR about the topic of her talk Will Urbanization Wreck or Save the Planet?.
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