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The Nation’s Coasts:  A Vision and Action Agenda for the Future

Southeast Regional Meeting
Mepkin Abbey
December 5, 2006

Agenda
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8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome and Introductions
 

Strachan Donnelley, President, The Center for Humans and Nature

Thomas E. Lovejoy, President, The Heinz Center

D. James (Jim) Baker, Chair, Steering Committee for the Nation’s Coasts project
9:30 - 10:00 Climate Scenarios for Coastal South Carolina and the Southeast Region: What Science Tells Us Could Happen in the Next 100 Years (.pdf, 3.6MB) —Greg Carbone, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of South Carolina
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:45 Climate Change and Coastlines (.pdf, 1.7MB) —Jim Morris, Director, The Baruch Institute
10:45 - 11:15 The Social and Economic Implications of Coastal Hazards:  Who’s Vulnerable and Why? (.pdf, 4.4MB) —Susan Cutter, Director, Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, Univ. of South Carolina
11:15 - 12:00 Setting the Stage for Afternoon Discussions—Bruce Coull and Jim Baker
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 Moderated Discussion: What Do We Know?  What Don’t We Know?  How Do We Get the Answers We Need?  Bruce Coull (moderator), Director, Center for Humans and Nature—Lowcountry Initiative
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:15 Moderated Discussion: What Are the Options for Reducing the Vulnerability of Coastal Ecosystems, Humans and Property to Storms, Sea-Level Rise and Other Hazards?  Jim Baker (moderator)
4:15 - 4:30 Wrap Up and Next Steps—Bruce Coull and Jim Baker