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NCSE's National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment is built on the idea that stakeholder-informed science is a powerful tool for building consensus necessary to solve complex environmental problems. Each year, NCSE convenes a topical conference that brings together hundreds of scientific, educational, business, civil society, and government leaders. NCSE produces and disseminates a detailed report of the recommendations developed collaboratively by conference participants. NCSE provides briefings to Congress and other institutions and individuals capable of implementing the proposals. John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture at NCSE Lifetime Achievement Awards at 8th National Conference on Climate Change: Science and Solutions 8th John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture Meeting the Climate Change Challenge Report (PDF) John P. Holdren New! Climate Solutions Consensus Book For more details or to order a copy, visit: 7th National Conference on Integrating Environmental and Human Health The 7th National Conference addressed the many essential roles the environment plays on our well-being today, and how the health of people and the health of the planet are intrinsically, intricately, and intimately interconnected. Despite this, the fields of health science and practice and environmental science and practice have grown increasingly apart over the past half-century. The report presents a series of prescriptions for the difficult but necessary task of integration of environmental and health perspectives. [more] Climate, Poverty and Health: Time for Preventative Medicine (PDF) Larry Brilliant An HTML version of the lecture can be found on the Encylopedia of the Earth. Integrating Environment and Health (PDF) A Report of the 7th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment 6th National Conference on Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future The 6th National Conference identified opportunities for science and technology to improve the decisions that define our energy future. Participants will explored the central issues relating to energy and society at the intersection of science, policy and the environment. [more] Finding Climate Change and Being Useful (PDF) Download PowerPoint Presentation (7 MB) 2006 Conference Report 5th National Conference on Forecasting Environmental Changes 2005 Chafee Memorial Lecture, Choosing our Common Future: Democracy's True Test William D. Ruckelshaus, First and Fifth Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4th National Conference on Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future 2004 Conference Report Download the PDF View the Press Release 2003 Chafee Memorial Lecture, Obstinate Issues, Sophisticated Solutions: Environmental Research and Education for a New Age 2nd National Conference on Sustainable Communities: Science and Solutions 2001 Conference Report The recommendations in this report address water, children's health, business, sustainable energy, remote sensing, rural communities, urban design, and more. They emphasize integrating community participation with science and technology. Renowned ecologist and sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson speaks about human influences on biodiversity and the challenges of raising standards of living for humans around the world while keeping intact as much of the natural world as possible. 1st National Conference on Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking 2000 Conference Report This report focuses on improving the scientific basis for decisionsmaking in the areas of biodiversity, global change, sustainable resource management, environmental indicators, and more. 2000 Chafee Memorial Lecture, The CFC-Ozone Puzzle: Environmental Science in the Global Arena Nobel Laureates Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina discuss their startling discovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica in the 1980s. **To request a hard copy of a report, please complete form and fax to 202-628-4311 or email ncse@ncseonline.org. A $10 donation is greatly appreciated. Please make payment online.
2000-2010: Past Conference Reports, Videos, and Lectures
**To request a hard copy of a report, please complete form and fax to 202-628-4311 or email ncse@ncseonline.org. A $10 donation is greatly appreciated. Please make payment online.
10th National Conference on The New Green Economy
January 20-22, 2010
Marking a decade of NCSE's conferences connecting science, policy, and the environment, The New Green Economy challenged speakers and attendees alike with vastly diverse perspectives on what this widely discussed green economy really looks like, from the ground roots to the pie in the sky.
The New Green Economy Conference
A New American Environmentalism
and the New Economy
Report by James "Gus" Speth
Report (pdf)
Environmental Research and Education Needs: An Agenda for a New Administration
This report presents the collective recommendations of more than 5,000 scientists, practitioners, educators, students, and decision makers who have participated from 2000-2008 in the annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment convened by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE). It identifies research needed to improve scientific knowledge, and education needed to improve public understanding, professional capacity and a strong workforce.
9th National Conference on Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World
December 8-10, 2009
The 9th National Conference provided a forum for leading scientists, policy makers, practitioners, educators, and entrepreneurs to develop a 21st century biodiversity conservation agenda in light of rapid climate change, land use change, globalization and political and economic instability. [more]
Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World Conference
A Conversation with Conservation Icons:
George Rabb, Peter Raven and Edward Wilson
moderated by Rita Colwell
January 16-18, 2008
The 8th National Conference was an opportunity for dialogue with leading scientists, policy makers, industry leaders, educators, and other solutions-oriented innovators to develop comprehensive strategies for protecting people and the planet against the threat of climate change. [more]
President and Director, Woods Hole Research Center; Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Enviornmental Policy, Harvard University
http://ncseonline.org/ClimateSolutions
February 1-2, 2007
2007 Chafee Memorial Lecture
Executive Director, Google.org
2007 Conference Report
January 26-27, 2006
2006 Chafee Memorial Lecture
Ralph J. Cicerone
President, National Academy of Sciences
Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future (PDF)
A Report of the 6th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
February 3-4, 2005
2005 Conference Report
Forecasting Environmental Changes
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January 29-30, 2004
Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future
2004 Chafee Memorial Lecture
Lessons from Environmental Collapses of Past Societies
Pulitzer Prize winner Jared M. Diamond discusses the relationship between natural resource management and the stability of human society.
3rd National Conference on Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future
January 30-31, 2003
2003 Conference Report
Recommendations for Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future
NSF Director Rita Colwell speaks of the need for and the progress made in education for sustainability .
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December 6-7, 2001
Recommendations for Achieving Sustainable Communities
View 2001 Chafee Memorial Lecture, The Future of Life
December 7-8, 2000
Recommendations for Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking
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