Archives by Tag 'climate change'

CONCUR Co-Facilitates Urban Coastal Resilience Summit in New York City

CONCUR Senior Associate Bennett Brooks teamed with Consensus Building Institute Senior Associate Ona Ferguson to co-facilitate the Summit to Build Urban Coastal Resilience in New York, a day-long dialogue focused on identifying opportunities for increasing coastal resilience in New York State’s urban areas. The meeting, held October 5, 2011, at the New York Academy [...]

Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium Strategic Planning (August 2010)

CONCUR Associate Rebecca Tuden facilitated a strategic planning meeting of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium (NVSGC) on August 19, 2010 in Reno, Nevada. The meeting was organized and convened by NVSGC to identify 2010-2014 goals and targets for NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program.
The meeting focused on providing participants with an [...]

Nevada System of Higher Education Climate Change Education Conference, May 24–25, 2010

Building on CONCUR’s work in November 2008, CONCUR Associate Rebecca Tuden and Affiliate Peter Bluhon facilitated the Nevada System of Higher Education Climate Change Education Conference 2010 on May 24–25, 2010. The conference was organized and implemented as the second year strategic activity under the Education Component goals funded by a National Science Foundation [...]

Ocean Climate Summit - June 3, 2010

The CONCUR team of Scott McCreary, John Gamman and Rebecca Tuden facilitated a NOAA Ocean Climate Summit at the California Academy of Sciences on June 3, 2010. The summit was convened to begin building an action plan and network of colleagues based on the recently released Ocean Climate Initiative report:
“The Ocean Climate Initiative, spearheaded [...]

John Gamman Presentation at Fulbright Conference

CONCUR Principal and Senior Mediator John Gamman gave a presentation at the Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology Sustainability Conference in San Francisco on March 12.  The conference was attended by Fulbright scholars and practitioners from many countries.  The topic of John’s presentation was “How Collaboration Can Promote Environmental Sustainability“.  Dr. Gamman was appointed as [...]

Wingspread Foundation Water Funders Forum (January 2010)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary and Associate Rebecca Tuden teamed with conveners from The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread to facilitate a three-day workshop among 27 leading grant-making organizations involved in national and regional water resource efforts. The meeting was convened from January 13 – 15, 2010 at The Johnson Foundation in Racine, Wisconsin.   Participants in the [...]

CONCUR Op-Ed on Climate Change Published in the Sacramento Bee, August 16, 2009

On Sunday August 16, The Sacramento Bee published an Op-Ed piece by CONCUR Principals John Gamman and Scott McCreary that puts forward a strategy for preventing solar, wind energy and other climate change-focused projects from getting mired in avoidable conflicts. The piece offers an assessment of the source of the potential conflicts and then [...]

John Gamman named to Fulbright Senior Specialists Roster

CONCUR Principal John Gamman has been named by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the U.S. Council for the International Exchange of Scholars to the roster of the international Senior Specialists Program, enabling him to work with partnering academic and governmental institutions on national and regional environmental policy issues. John is planning [...]

Carpe Diem - Western Water & Climate Change (2007-present)

CONCUR provided strategic planning advice to the kick off meeting of the Carpe Diem - Western Water & Climate Change project. The project is an alliance of experts and decision makers committed to addressing the unprecedented challenge of climate change impacts on western water resources. By linking leaders and incubating new initiatives and [...]

Strategic Planning for Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education and Outreach (November 2008)

CONCUR facilitated a strategic planning meeting to support a new, $15 million, National Science Foundation-backed initiative on climate change. The project–the Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education and Outreach–is in the beginning phases. Members of the initiative’s 30-person task force include research faculty, teaching and education professionals, and business community leaders affiliated with Nevada’s [...]