Biographical Sketches of Panel Members
Full Statement of Task (pdf)
This panel will address the question:
"What can be done to limit the magnitude of future climate change?"
The panel will describe, analyze, and assess strategies for reducing the net future human influence on climate, including both technology and policy options (this is sometimes referred to as "mitigation of climate change"). The panel will focus on actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and other human drivers of climate change, such as changes in land use, but will also consider the international dimensions of climate stabilization. The costs, benefits, limitations, tradeoffs, and uncertainties associated with different options and strategies should be assessed qualitatively and, to the extent practicable, quantitatively, using the scenarios of future climate change and vulnerability developed in coordination with the Committee on America's Climate Choices. The panel will also strive to keep abreast of the wide range of proposals currently being advanced by policymakers at a number of levels to limit the future magnitude of climate change, and strive to frame their recommendations in the context of these developments.
The members of the Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change are:
Mr. Robert W. Fri (Chair), Resources for the Future
Dr. Marilyn A. Brown (Vice Chair), Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Doug Arent,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ms. Ann Carlson,
University of California, Los Angeles
Ms. Majora Carter,
Majora Carter Group, LLC
Dr. Leon Clarke,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mr. Francisco de la Chesnaye,
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
Dr. George C. Eads,
CRA International
Dr. Genevieve Giuliano,
University of Southern California
Dr. Andrew J. Hoffman,
University of Michigan
Dr. Robert O. Keohane,
Princeton University
Dr. Loren Lutzenhiser,
Portland State University
Dr. Bruce McCarl,
Texas A&M University-College Station
Dr. Mack McFarland,
DuPont Fluoroproducts
Ms. Mary D. Nichols,
California Air Resources Board
Dr. Edward S. Rubin,
Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Thomas H. Tietenberg,
Colby College (Retired)
Dr. James A. Trainham, III,
Sundrop Fuels Inc.