October 23rd, 2012 NYU’s Educating for Sustainability Lecture New York University In her lecture, “Our Energy Efficiency Paradox: Psychological Barriers to ‘No-Brainer’ Solutions,” Elke Weber, CRED co-director, will speak about the psychological dimension of climate change within the broader context of human dimensions of climate change. She will address (a) human causes of, consequences of, and… read more

August 4th, 2012 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association Orlando, Florida Lisa Zaval, CRED graduate student, presented “Exploring the Role of Heuristics and Constructed Beliefs in Climate Change Perception” (with Elizabeth Keenan, CRED affiliate as a co-author) at the 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, in Orlando, Florida, August 4, 2012…. read more

April 20, 2012 Historicizing Hazard New York, NY CRED Co-Directors Elke Weber and Ben Orlove, as well as CRED Principal Investigator Upmanu Lall participated in Historicizing Hazard, an interdisciplinary workshop on environmental learning, ignorance & fear held at Barnard College. This workshop was sponsored by the Earth Institute and the Center for International History at… read more

March 19-23, 2012 Meeting of IPCC Working Group 3 Wellington, New Zealand Elke Weber, CRED co-director, traveled to Wellington, New Zealand to be with co-authors of the IPCC Working Group 3. The group met from March 19-23, 2012 to prepare their contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), a review and assessment of the scientific,… read more

November 9, 2011 Falling Walls Berlin, Germany CRED Co-Director Elke Weber spoke at Falling Walls, an international conference on future breakthroughs in science and society on the anniversary of the Berlin wall falling. As part of her keynote address, German chancellor Angela Merkel cites Elke’s work as a critical contribution to better understanding how decisions… read more

October 17-21, 2011 Mind and Life XXIII Conference Dharamshala, India CRED Co-Director Elke Weber met with the Dalai Lama along with other climate, behavioral and environmental scientists and Buddhist scholars to discuss Ecology, Ethics and Interdependence. Participating in a session on “Ethics and Action: The Psychology of Action and Behavior Change”, Elke presented the CRED… read more

April 22, 2011 Earth Day: The Civilians’ The Great Immensity (Excerpts) Martin E. Segal Theatre Center- CUNY Graduate Center, New York City CRED Co-Director Elke Weber participated as a panelist at the discussion following this free showing of excerpts from The Great Immensity, a play which looks at the future of our planet and the… read more

October 22, 2009 Fall 2009 Seminars on Sustainable Development: Behavioral Challenges and Opportunities Earth Institute- Columbia University, New York »Click on video below to see Elke Weber and Dave Krantz’s talk at the Sustainable Development Seminar Series http://vimeo.com/7346473

July 16, 2009 Congressional Briefing Showcasing Research from a NSTC Report: Social, Behavioral and Economic Research in the Federal Context Elke Weber presented “Decisions Matter: Understanding How and Why We Make Decisions About the Environment” at the July Congressional briefing. Download Elke Weber’s Congressional Briefing here. Read more about the event here.

July 17-21, 2006 WMO Conference: Living with Climate Variability and Change Espoo, Finland The CRED delegation led the Working Group on Decision Making (co-chaired by Nigel Harvey and Elke Weber) at the Living with Climate Variability and Change conference in Espoo, Finland, July 17-21, 2006. This working group was charged with providing guidance about decision… read more