PA33C:
Engagement with the Fossil Fuel Industry: Opportunities, Challenges, and Risks Posters

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Session ID#: 27197

Session Description:
Over the next several years, decisions made and actions taken by major oil, gas, and coal companies will have a significant impact on the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions. Earth and climate scientists are now engaging in diverse ways with fossil fuel industry leaders and shareholders to provide scientific guidance to inform plans for operating within a carbon-constrained world. What can the geosciences community learn from their experience? What are the opportunities, challenges and risks of different forms of engagement? This session will include perspectives of scientists working in leadership positions within industry, as well those in academic, government and non-profit institutions.
Primary Convener:  Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  James J McCarthy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
Chairs:  Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States and James J McCarthy, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Index Terms:

1626 Global climate models [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Climate Science and the Responsibilities of Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Damages and Adaptation (242705)
Peter C Frumhoff, Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, United States and Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States
Fossil Fuel Industry Funding of Climate-Relevant Research at U.S. Universities (255181)
Benjamin Franta, Stanford University, History, Stanford, CA, United States and Geoffrey Supran, Harvard University, History of Science, Cambridge, MA, United States

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