Date: 6 December 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Karen Palmer
Topic: Realizing Biden’s Electricity Decarbonization Goals: Policy Options, Potential Outcomes and Political and Legal Challenges
Abstract: The Biden Administration has a goal of net-zero electricity by 2035 and has re-entered the Paris …
Date: 17 November 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Dallas Burtraw
Topic: Quantities with Prices: Price-Responsive Supply of Emissions Allowances in Cap-and-Trade Programs
Abstract: Environmental policy with uncertainty is often posed as a choice between price and quantity instruments. Paradoxically, this economic advice …
Date: 1 November 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Kerry Emanuel
Topic: Hurricanes and Climate Change
Abstract: Hurricanes are globally among the most destructive and lethal of natural phenomena, and it is therefore important that we come to understand how climate change might affect …
Date: 18 October 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Meagan Mauter
Topic: Water and Electricity Infrastructure Coordination for Affordable, Decarbonized, & Resilient Water Supply
Abstract: Municipal water utilities often spend 25% of their operation and maintenance costs on electricity. These costs are rising …
Date: 04 October 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Julio Friedmann
Topic: Carbon Management: Where the Puck is Going
Abstract: After 20 years of sturm & drang, carbon management has reached a point of broad inclusion into the climate solutions pool and received …
Date: 20 September 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: John Lovenburg
Topic: Sustainable Solutions and Policies to Decarbonize the Freight Rail
Abstract: The large freight railroads in North American have committed to science-based carbon targets that can be achieved through improved efficiency and carbon …
Join doctoral students from across North America to share your work on climate and energy decision making!
In the spring of 2022, Carnegie Mellon University will host a two-day workshop for Ph.D. students and post-docs working on the technical and behavioral aspects of climate mitigation, adaption, resilience, and deep decarbonization …
Date: 27 April 2021
Time: 12:00pm EST
Location: via Zoom
Speaker: Prof. Nathan S. Lewis
Topic: Reliable Decarbonized U.S. Electricity Systems
Abstract: Using a data-driven approach based on 39 years of hourly weather data to derive the variability of the wind and solar resource across the contiguous U.S., we analyze …
Date: 20 April 2021
Time: 12:00pm EST
Location: via Zoom
Speaker: Kathy Ayers, PhD
Topic: Large Scale Water Electrolysis and Approaching Fossil Parity
Abstract: The need for a sustainable source of hydrogen has been widely recognized, not just as a potential transportation fuel, but to limit CO2 production and …
Date: 22 March 2021
Time: 12:00pm EST
Location: via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Chris Hendrickson
Topic: Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions
Abstract: The world today faces a transformation of its energy system, from one dominated by fossil fuel combustion to one with greatly reduced emissions …
