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Toward a Sustainable 21st Century
“…an initiative of a foundation of global reach and research university to do together more than they can do
separately on significant unsolved problems of global society…”
The “Toward a Sustainable 21st Century” series is an initiative of a foundation of global reach
and a research university to do together more than they can do separately on significant unsolved
problems of global society in the areas of marine resources conservation, and threats to ecosystem and
environmental health caused by toxic chemicals and the absence of effective governance structures which
promote sustainability. There is a special focus on the contributions of organized civil society, nongovernmental organizations, and international governmental organizations to promoting sustainability in
the 21st Century. The broad goal is to contribute to sustainability on Earth through five general categories
of presentations:
 Science and 21st Century Sustainability
 Law and 21st Century Sustainability
 Governance and 21st Century Sustainability
 Civil Society and Non-Governmental Initiatives for 21st Century Sustainability
 Special Topics in Sustainability
There have been seven programs in the series so far with upcoming programs on Enhancing the
Future of the California Coast (March 4, 2011), Snowmelt and Glacier Melt and the Implications for Human
Security and Ecosystem Sustainability (October 21, 2011). There will be conferences on Pesticides in the
Spring of 2012 and on Toxics in the Oceans with a case study of the Gulf Oil Spill in the Fall of 2012. The
conference series occurs at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences
and Engineering in Irvine, California.
Within UCI, the “Toward a Sustainable 21st Century” series is co-sponsored by the School of
Social Ecology, the School of Law, the Program in Public Health, and the Newkirk Center for Science
and Society. The web version is a product of the collaboration of Jennifer Lane and Eric Carter from
Computer Support, and Patricia DeVoe from the Office of the Dean of Social Ecology. Harry Ratner is
Producer/Director of the digital recording and the editing has been completed by Mr. Ratner and William
Alvarez from the Teaching Learning and Technology Center.
The planning for the individual programs has benefitted significantly from the contributions of
Sue Trumbore, Ellen Druffel, Joseph F.C. DiMento, Alejandro Camacho, Frank L. Meyskens, Jr., Guiyun
Yan, Anthony James, Norma Yokota, Dele Ogunseitan, Rufus Edwards, J. Peterson Myers, Karen
O’Brien, Donald Blake, Richard Matthew, Wendell Brase, Michael Robinson-Dorn, Erwin Chemerinsky,
Helen Ingram, Dan Stokols, David Feldman, Sergio Knaebel, Lisa Grant Ludwig, Eric Rignot, Isabella
Velicogna, Bryan MacDonald, and Cindy Chen.
The “Toward a Sustainable 21st Century” series is presented to the campus and community by
the Newkirk Center for Science and Society under the leadership of Joseph F.C. DiMento.
The “Toward a Sustainable 21st Century” series is administered for the foundation of global
reach and UCI by John M. Whiteley and Norma Yokota with the assistance of Nina Obiedo from the
Social Ecology Business Office, Chris Rigney from Contracts and Grants, and Lynn Rahn from the UCI
Foundation.
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Science and 21st Century Sustainability
Defining Underlying Science
“Global Climate Change” - Professor F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Prize winner in
Chemistry, Donald Bren Research Professor, University of California, Irvine
“Using the Past to Predict Future Impacts of Climate Change” - Wallace Broecker,
Newberry Professor of Geology at Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory
“Climate Change: It’s All About the Ocean!” - Marcia McNutt, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
“Environmental Health – a Revolution in Science” - Lynn Goldman, Professor,
Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
“Green Chemistry – Molecular Design and Human Health” - Paul Anastas, Director,
Center for Green Chemistry and Engineering, Yale University
“Integrating the Sciences” - Terrence Collins, Thomas Lord Professor, Chemistry,
Carnegie Mellon University
“Genetic Engineering of Pathogen Resistance in Vector Mosquitoes” – Anthony James,
Distinguished Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine,
University of California, Irvine
“Overview of Environmental Health of Women and Children in China” - Kirk R. Smith,
Professor, Global Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley and Member,
National Academy of Sciences
“Petroleum Resource Potential of the Arctic Region” - Donald L. Gautier, Geologist,
Energy Resources Program of the United States Geological Survey, Chief Scientist,
USGS Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal
“Delineation of the Continental Shelf of the Arctic Ocean” - Larry Mayer, Center for
Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire and the co-director of
the Joint Hydrographic Center sponsored by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration and the University of New Hampshire
“Developing Arctic Continental Shelf: Russian and International Approaches” - Andrey
K. Krivorotov, Secretary of the Board and Head of Division of Shtokman Development
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“Scientific Certainty and Uncertainty About the Future of the Arctic” - Donald Blake,
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
“Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet” - Isabella Velicogna and Eric Rignot, Professors,
Department of Earth System Science, School of Physical Sciences, University of
California, Irvine
Translational Research Impacting Society
“Designing and Mining (Pathogen) Genome Databases” - David Roos, University of
Pennsylvania
“Breaking Down the Barriers to Innovation in Vector Control” – Thomas McLean,
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
“Understanding Humoral Immunity Against Malaria in Africa” - Philip Felgner, Project
Scientist, Epidemiology and Director, Protein Microarray Laboratory, Infectious Disease,
School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
“Prospects for a Malaria Vaccine” – Joseph Vinetz, Professor of Medicine in the School
of Medicine at UC San Diego
“Back to the Future: Live Attenuated Malaria Vaccines by Design” – Stefan Kappe,
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
“Cities and Climate Change: The Political Context” - Michele Betsill, Professor of
Political Science, Colorado State University
“A Foot in Both Worlds: Bridging the Gap Between Stakeholders and Scientists to
Produce Relevant Climate Information” - Hannah Campbell, Regional Integrated
Sciences and Assessment, Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office
“How Will Urban Growth Affect Greenhouse Gas Emissions?” - Diane Pataki, Associate
Professor, Earth System Science and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of
California, Irvine
“Climate Change and the Urban West” – Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate
Center, Reno, Nevada
“What Do We Do Now Building Capacity to Deal with Climate Change” - Amy Snover,
Center for Science in the Earth System, University of
Washington
“Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Life in the Ocean”
- Victoria Fabry, Professor, Biological Sciences,
California State University, San Marcos
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“Microbial Diversity in the Oceans Associated with Climate Change” - Adam Martiny,
Assistant Professor, Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
“Ocean Conveyor and Climate Change” - Francois Primeau, Assistant Professor, Earth
System Science, University of California, Irvine
“Ice and Sea Level Rise” - Isabella Velicogna, Assistant Professor, Earth System
Science, University of California, Irvine
“Malaria Epidemics in Western Kenya Highlands: Mechanisms and Translational
Research” - Guiyun Yan, Professor, Program in Public Health, University of California,
Irvine
“Global Malaria Eradication: Challenges for Science” – Kate Aultman, The Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, Redmond, Washington
“Technologies Emerging to Address Climate Change” - Scott Samuelsen, Professor and
Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine
“Climate Change and Mobilizing the Public to Collective Action” - David Meyer,
Professor, Sociology, University of California at Irvine
“California's Greenhouse Gas Policy and What it Means for Cities” - Pamela Doughman,
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield
“Policy Change through Knowledge Networks” - David Feldman, Professor and Chair,
Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine
“Science Citizenship and the Obligation of Living in a Changing Climate” - Barbara
Morehouse, Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of
Arizona
“Vector Borne Disease and Climate Change in China: The Schistosomiasis Story” Professor Justin Remais, Global Environmental Health, Emory University
“Improvements in Women and Children’s Respiratory Health in Beijing as a Result of
Measures Taken for the Olympic Games” - Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, Professor, Department
of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
“Emission, Transport, Exposure and Lung-Cancer Risk from Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons in China” - Shu Tao, Professor, College of Environmental Sciences,
Peking University, China
Law and 21st Century Sustainability
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Defining the Law
"The Fate of Shorelands As The Sea Rises: How To Do It Right" - Joseph L. Sax, James
H. House and Hiram H. Hurd Professor of Environmental Regulation, Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley
“Can Law Change the Climate?” - Joseph F.C. DiMento Professor of Law and Planning,
and Director, The Newkirk Center for Science and Society, University of California,
Irvine
“A Brief Word on the Origin and Evolution of Environmental Law” - Joseph F.C.
DiMento, Professor of Law and Planning, Director, The Newkirk Center for Science and
Society, University of California, Irvine
“Redefining Nature Through Assisted Migration: Natural Resources Law and Ethics
Under Climate Change” - Professor Alejandro Camacho, School of Law, University of
California, Irvine
“Climate Change and the Evolution of Property Rights” - Professor Holly Doremus,
School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
“Working Landscapes and Seascapes: Transitioning to Ecobusiness” – Barton H.
Thompson, Jr., Robert E. Paradise Professor in Natural Resources Law and Director,
Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford Law School
Applying the Law to Problems of Promoting Sustainability
“Climate Change Law: The Practice” - James Dragna, Partner, Bingham McCutchen
LLP, Los Angeles
“Protecting the U.S. Marine Habitat: The Story of a Public Interest Campaign” Eric A.
Bilsky, Assistant General Counsel, Senior Litigator, and Michael Levin, Pacific Senior
Counsel, OCEANA
“Litigation, Science and Policy Towards Ecosystem Protection in the Arctic”, Jim Ayers,
Founder and President, Alaska Strategies; Michael LeVine, Pacific Senior Counsel,
Oceana; and Geoff Shester, California Program Director, Oceana
Governance and 21st Century Sustainability
Governance for Sustainability
“How Can We Govern the Water?” - Joseph F.C. DiMento,
Professor, School of Law and Planning, and Director, The
Newkirk Center for Science and Society.
“Governance of the Colorado River Delta” - Alejandro
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Camacho, Professor, School of Law, University of California, Irvine
“The History and Future of the Colorado River Delta in US-Mexico Transboundary
Resource Management” - David Getches, Dean, University of Colorado at Boulder Law
School
“Informal Stakeholders and a New Governance Regime in the Colorado River” - Carlos
Alfonso de la Parra Renteria, Research Professor, Department of Urban and
Environmental Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
“Research, Networks, and Collaboration: Shaping Governance Strategies for the Colorado
River Delta” - Margaret Wilder, Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Policy,
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona
“The Law and Governance of Who Owns the Arctic” – Michael Byers, Professor &
Canada Research Chair, Political Science, University of British Columbia
“The Arctic Council as a Boundary Organization” - Paula Kankaanpää, Director the
Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
“The Paralysis of International Law in the Contest of the Existence of the Oil and Gas
Resource in the Arctic” - Professor Joseph F.C. DiMento, School of Law and Planning,
Policy, and Design; Director, The Newkirk Center for Science and Society, University of
California, Irvine
“Policy Options in a Period of Transformative Change: Protecting the Cultural and
Ecological Integrity of the Arctic and Resource Management at the International Level” Oran Young - Professor, Institutional & International Governance and Environmental
Institutions, University of California, Santa Barbara
Civil Society and Non-Governmental Initiatives for 21st Century Sustainability
“The Rule of Law and Mexico’s Northwest Coast” - Sergio Knaebel, Grant Director for
the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation
“The Case of Bahia de los Angeles: Using the Law to Protect a Pristine Marine Hotspot”
- Jose Fernando Ochoa Pineda, Executive Director of Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste
“The Case of Isla Espiritu Santo: Landowners, Government, and Conservationists Reach
a Creative Legal Agreement to Protect an Important Island” Rodolfo Ogarrio, Director,
Mexican Foundation for Environmental Education
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“Environmental Law, National Progress, and the Progressive Destruction of Mexico’s
Pacific Coast” Ambassador Alberto Székely, Career Ambassador of the Mexican Foreign
Service
Special Topics in Sustainability
Decision-Makers Confronting Climate Change:
“City Decision-Makers in Local Context” – Mayor Beth Krom, City of Irvine, California
“Boulder’s Carbon Tax: History & Implementation” – Mayor Mark Ruzzin, Boulder,
Colorado
“A Tale of One City: The Canary Initiative” – Mayor Helen Klanderud, Aspen Colorado
“Salt Lake City Green” – Vicki Bennett, Environmental Program Manager, Salt Lake
City, Utah
Careers in Sustainability Science
“Staying in a Grove Without Getting in a Rut” - Professor F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel
Prize Winner in Chemistry, Donald Bren Research Professor, University of California,
Irvine (with an Introduction by Professor Donald Blake).
Indigenous Peoples and the Importance of Traditional Knowledge Insights
The Fate of Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic Region
“Land Claims and Threats to Wildlife Sustainability” - Gabriel Nirlungayuk, Director of
Wildlife, Nunavut Tunngavik, Inc
“Dangers to the Homelands of Indigenous Peoples from Economic Development” - Steve
Kakfwi, former President of the Dene Nation, former Premier of the 14th Legislative
Assembly of the Northwest Territories
“The Impact of Industrial Oil and Gas Development on Arctic Indigenous Peoples”
Aileen A. Espíritu, Director, The Barents Institute, Kirkenes, Norway