N-CMAEP Nordic Climate Mitigation, Adaptation and Economic Policies Network

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1 AARHUS UNIVERSITY October 2010 N-CMAEP Nordic Climate Mitigation, Adaptation and Economic Policies Network Establishing an interdisciplinary strategic approach for addressing solutions to the changing climate Prof. Michael Evan Goodsite, MBA, PhD NERI - Aarhus University MGO@DMU.DK

2 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 2 of 22 N-CMAEP Duration: Aim: To establish an interdisciplinary strategic approach for addressing solutions to the changing climate by concretely addressing adaptation to climate change mitigation policies through a core transdisciplinary Network of Nordic researchers

3 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 3 of 22 N-CMAEP The goal: is to define a core Network for the development of a Nordic climate competence that can: Identify common challenges in an integrated and costeffective way Address the need to identify impacts and overall costs for adaptation as it relates to climate mitigation policy at the local level Do we have every expert in N-CMAEP? Certainly not there is definite synergy to be gained from the other networks!

4 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 4 of 22 Three main research questions: 1. What are the core societal, economic and environmental features to be taken into consideration when developing a regional Nordic strategy for climate adaptation? 2. How does this couple with the natural science and engineering state of the art, with respect to climate mitigation? 3. Which specific indicators can be developed for assessing climate adaptation strategies at a broader regional level?

5 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 5 of 22 Activities completed Kick-off meeting: June in Copenhagen, hosted at the European Environment Agency Talks in the USA Guest speaker at NERI Participation in other Network Events also in other TFI programmes Participation in the NordForsk Annual Meeting Teaching at UofI in Competitive Environmental Strategy Green paper drafting, outreach

6 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 6 of 22 Deliverables A peer reviewed publication in English at a leading academic journal (follow up to a Green then White Paper) An enhanced Nordic and European debate on a regionalization of strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation A recommendation for a Nordic Ph.D. studies programme on adaptation

7 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 7 of 22 Written outreach THE NEED FOR NORDIC SYNERGY FROM THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE IN A CHANGING GLOBAL CLIMATE Over the past five years, Nordic research on climate impacts and adaptation has advanced By Michael Goodsite and the N-CMAEP partners

8 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 8 of 22 Grant-writing NCoE NORD-STAR - Nordic Strategic Adaptation Research Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) NORD-STAR aims to develop tools to help the Nordic countries address the twin challenge of a warmer climate and the side effects of policy impacts. EU Flagships, EU grants and Europe-Aid grants where N-CMAEP is mentioned as a strength

9 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 9 of 22 Upcoming activities Support to NORDCLADs conference and PhD school The 2d annual N-CMAEP meeting will be held on 21. August August 2011 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The purpose of the meeting is to finalize the N-CMAEP white paper In addition to group work on the white paper and grant opportunities, there will be presentations from key Icelandic experts and U.S. partners Tours arranged to see first-hand some of the mitigation and adaptation challenges Iceland faces and how they are dealing with them

10 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 10 of 22 Organizational challenges we are working on Synergy and added benefit through collaboration with the other TFI activities many of them are very relevant We look forward to working together in N-CMAEP and NORD-STAR with all relevant partners as our ressources permit N-CMAEP activities will be aligned with NORD-STAR activities to add value to both

11 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 11 of 22 N-CMAEP Participating institutions Denmark Michael Evan Goodsite, Professor, Deputy Dept. Director, Atmospheric Environment, National Environmental Research Institute/NERI (N-CMAEP Project Leader) Mette Termansen and (social and political science) Colleagues, Professor of Ecological Economics, Department of Policy Analysis, NERI ProjektZero, Sønderborg, Denmark Finland Lasse Peltonen and colleagues, Head of Research, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Helsinki University of Technology/YTK Iceland Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir and colleagues, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Department of Biology, University of Iceland

12 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 12 of 22 N-CMAEP Participating institutions Norway Gunnar S. Eskeland, Professor of Climate Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration/NHH Marianne Ryghaug and colleagues, Professor, Centre for Energy and Society, Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, NTNU Jan Ketil Rød, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, NTNU Sweden Björn-Ola Linnér, Professor, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research Linköping (CSPR), Linköping University (LiU) and colleagues Lotta Andersson, Professor, SHMI and CSPR Richard J.T. Klein, Professor and collleagues, Theme Leader, Stockholm Environment Institute Kristian Lindgren, Professor, Chalmers University of Technology

13 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 13 of 22 N-CMAEP Participating institutions USA Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Mary Teagarden and Assistant Professor Andreas Schotter. Michael Goodsite was appointed in October as Visiting Professor of Global Processes and Senior Research Fellow in Climate Strategy to Thunderbird School of Global Management New partnerships will be formed in the NORD-STAR framework where resources allow

14 AARHUS UNIVERSITY Professors Michael Goodsite October 2010 Slide 14 of 22 Thank you for your attention and invitation Thanks to NORDFORSK for your support and to Susanne Jensen, Controller, Department of Atmospheric Environment, NERI for administrative support Source: freebies at Our Iceberg is Melting homepage My opinions are my own