North American Energy System Contributions to the Global Carbon Cycle: Will the cycle be unbroken?

OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Title: 
North American Energy System Contributions to the Global Carbon Cycle: Will the cycle be unbroken?

Speaker:
Peter J. Marcotullio, Professor of Geography, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Cities, 
Hunter College, City University of New York.

Sponsors: 
U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program Office/UCAR and NOAA’s National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinators are Gyami Shrestha, & Tracy Gill.

Webinar Access:
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Questions? Email Tracy Gill

Abstract:
The North American energy system has undergone dramatic changes over the past 15 years. From a monotonic trend of increasing energy use based upon fossil fuel combustion since the early 1990s, the system headed into energy use declines starting around 2007. The latest trend has lasted through to 2016. The presentation will examine this decline, detailing from where and what sectors both energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreases were experienced. The seminar then overviews the factors behind the declining trends. We end the discussion with a look at what the future might bring from a variety of different scenarios, asking whether current trends will continue.  

About the Speaker:
Peter J. Marcotullio is Professor of Geography, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), Director of the Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College, Associate of the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and faculty member in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Program at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Prior to 2006, Prof. Marcotullio was Lecturer (1999-2001) and Professor (2001-2006) of Urban Planning in the Urban Engineering Department, University of Tokyo and held several positions at the United Nations University, Institute for Advanced Studies, Japan (1997-2008). His research interests focus on urbanization, energy use and the environment. Professor Marcotullio is currently co-Editor-in-Chief of Urban Climate (Elsevier), Associate Editor of Sustainability Science, Springer, and on the Advisory Board of One Earth, Cell Press.

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(Peter J. Marcotullio, Professor of Geography, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Cities, 
Hunter College, City University of New York)