February 23, 2012 Future Earth: Research for Global Sustainability New York, New York CRED co-hosted Diana Liverman, Co-Director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona to discuss the new Future Earth initiative. This new 10-year initiative aims to deliver knowledge to enable societies to meet their sustainable development goals in the… read more

February 15-17, 2012 Climate Mind & Behavior Symposium at the Garrison Institute Garrison, New York Sabine Marx, CRED Managing Director, presented “Communication and Decision Making: Insights from the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions”; and Rick Larrick, CRED Principal Investigator, presented “Better Metrics for Energy Decisions” at the Climate, Mind and Behavior (CMB) Symposium, held… read more

February 12, 2012 Partnering for the Climate: An Artist/Scientist Mixer New York, New York How can individuals and communities make sense of fragmented, confusing and often overwhelming news and data about climate change? The nervous system that interweaves artists, researchers, and the concerned public is largely disconnected. How can we make a difference and spark… read more

February 7, 2012 E3B Seminar Series New York, New York CRED Co-Director Ben Orlove gave a presentation entitled “Babies, Dogs and Microbes: Organisms that Threaten the Wilderness Continent of Antarctica” as part of the Columbia University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology‘s E3B Seminar Series. Ben is looking at three areas of contention under… read more

January 26, 2012 Sustainable Development Seminar: Balancing Research & Practice at the Earth Institute New York, New York CRED managing director Sabine Marx participated as a panelist (along with Marc Levy, CIESIN, and Joe Graziano, Mailman School for Public Health) in the Sustainable Development Seminar on Balancing Research & Practice at the Earth Institute. Her… read more

December 14-15, 2011 Climate Index Insurance Workshop Buenos Aires, Argentina Guillermo Podestá, CRED principal investigator (PI) and University of Miami research professor, led a workshop on climate index insurance last December 14, 2011, with CRED co-PIs and collaborators from Argentina’s agricultural research institute, INTA. The workshop explored opportunities/obstacles associated with the use of innovative insurance… read more

December 5-9, 2011 2011 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting San Francisco, California Katherine Thompson, graduate student, and CRED director David Krantz represented CRED at the 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Katherine presented a poster, “Why Don’t People Evacuate When Nature Threatens?” in the session on geophysical hazards and social/ecological vulnerabilities. Her poster summarized… read more

January 26, 2012 Play for Nonprofit New York, New York CRED researcher Daniel Osgood participated in a panel discussion at the “Play for Nonprofit” event at The New School. The panel was co-hosted by two student groups at the New School: the New School Game Club and the Association for International Development. Dan spoke about… read more

December 1, 2011 UNFOLD: Climate Change Art & Science Dating Game New York, New York In collaboration with PositiveFeedback, CRED recently co-hosted a speed dating event for climate scientists and artists at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design, as part of the exhibition “U-n-f-o-l-d, A Cultural Response to… read more

November 29 – December 2, 2011 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Annual Conference Washington DC CRED research was well represented and included the following topics: – “I’ll do the easy thing, you do the hard thing” by S. Attari (Session: Key Lessons From Behavior) – “Public Misperceptions And Effective Behaviors” by S. Attari (Session:… read more