Woods Hole Research Center

WHRC scientists discuss the workshop sessions held on Thursday, December 2 and how those presentations reflect the Center’s goals of integrating science into international climate policy negotiations.

 

Integrating Science into International Climate Policy

A workshop for policymakers, civil society, scientists, and additional stakeholders

Thursday, December 2
Omni Hotel - Cancun
Blvd. Kukulkan, L-48 KM. 16.5 M.55
Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500

These sessions are intended to create an opportunity for information-sharing and discussion on key issues currently being addressed in international climate policy negotiations, as well as those issues that may enter the dialogue.

To see video excerpts and presentations from the workshop, click the WHRC presenters below.

• 9:00 – 10:30 AM
  Integrating Rivers into Our Understanding of the Terrestrial Carbon Balance
  Scheduled presenters include:
  • R. A. Houghton, Deputy Director and Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
  • R. Max Holmes, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Michael T. Coe, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
 
• 11:00 AM – 12:30
  Biodiversity and Related Co-Benefits of Carbon Conservation in Forests
  Scheduled presenters include:
  • Barney Dickson, Head of Programme, Climate Change and Biodiversity, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • Scott Goetz, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Glenn Bush, Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Claudia Stickler, Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Research Center
 
• 13:00 – 15:00
  A Green Light for REDD: Pantropical Experiences in MRV Implementation
  Scheduled presenters include:
  • Josef Kellndorfer, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Giovanni Rum, Secretariat, Group on Earth Observation - Forest Carbon Tracking coordination
  • Peter Ndunda, GIS Specialist, The Green Belt Movement, Kenya
  • María Fernanda Ordóñez, Ecologist, IDEAM, Colombia
  • Joe Pokana, Senior Policy Analyst, MRV, OCCD, PNG
 
• 15:30 – 17:00
  Politics, Perceptions, and Science: What Stakeholders Want in MRV
  Scheduled presenters include:
  • Andrea Cattaneo, Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
  • Ralph Ashton, Convenor and Chair, Terrestrial Carbon Group
  • Nora Greenglass, Research Associate, Woods Hole Research Center