| Environmental Research and Education Needs: An Agenda for a New Administration |
This report presents the collective recommendations of more than 5,000 scientists, practitioners, educators, students, and decision makers who have participated from 2000-2008 in the annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment convened by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE). It identifies research needed to improve scientific knowledge, and education needed to improve public understanding, professional capacity and a strong workforce.
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9th National Conference on Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World
December 8-10, 2008 |
| The 9th National Conference provided a forum for leading scientists, policy makers, practitioners, educators, and entrepreneurs to develop a 21st century biodiversity conservation agenda in light of rapid climate change, land use change, globalization and political and economic instability. [more] |
Now Available:
NCSE Lifetime Achievement Awards at
Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World Conference
 A Conversation with Conservation Icons:
George Rabb, Peter Raven and Edward Wilson
moderated by Rita Colwell
Report (pdf)
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8th National Conference on Climate Change: Science and Solutions
January 16-18, 2008 |
| The 8th National Conference was an opportunity for dialogue with leading scientists, policy makers, industry leaders, educators, and other solutions-oriented innovators to develop comprehensive strategies for protecting people and the planet against the threat of climate change. [more] |
8th John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture 
Meeting the Climate Change Challenge Report (PDF) John P. Holdren
President and Director, Woods Hole Research Center; Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Enviornmental Policy, Harvard University
Video (WMV)
Slides (PDF) | New! Climate Solutions Consensus Book 
For more details or to order a copy, visit:
http://ncseonline.org/ClimateSolutions |
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7th National Conference on Integrating Environmental and Human Health
February 1-2, 2007 |
The 7th National Conference addressed the many essential roles the environment plays on our well-being today, and how the health of people and the health of the planet are intrinsically, intricately, and intimately interconnected. Despite this, the fields of health science and practice and environmental science and practice have grown increasingly apart over the past half-century. The report presents a series of prescriptions for the difficult but necessary task of integration of environmental and health perspectives. [more] |
 2007 Chafee Memorial Lecture
Climate, Poverty and Health: Time for Preventative Medicine (PDF)
Larry Brilliant
Executive Director, Google.org An HTML version of the lecture can be found on the Encylopedia of the Earth. PowerPoint Presentation |  2007 Conference Report
Integrating Environment and Health (PDF) A Report of the 7th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment |
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6th National Conference on Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future
January 26-27, 2006 |
The 6th National Conference identified opportunities for science and technology to improve the decisions that define our energy future. Participants will explored the central issues relating to energy and society at the intersection of science, policy and the environment. [more] |
 2006 Chafee Memorial Lecture
Finding Climate Change and Being Useful (PDF)
Ralph J. Cicerone
President, National Academy of Sciences Download PowerPoint Presentation (7 MB) | 
2006 Conference Report
Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future (PDF)
A Report of the 6th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
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5th National Conference on Forecasting Environmental Changes
February 3-4, 2005 |
 2005 Conference Report
Forecasting Environmental Changes
|  2005 Chafee Memorial Lecture, Choosing our Common Future: Democracy's True Test William D. Ruckelshaus, First and Fifth Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Download the PDF |
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4th National Conference on Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future
January 29-30, 2004 |
2004 Conference Report
Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future |  2004 Chafee Memorial Lecture
Lessons from Environmental Collapses of Past Societies
Pulitzer Prize winner Jared M. Diamond discusses the relationship between natural resource management and the stability of human society.
Download the PDF |
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3rd National Conference on Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future
January 30-31, 2003 |
 2003 Conference Report
Recommendations for Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future
View the Press Release
|  2003 Chafee Memorial Lecture, Obstinate Issues, Sophisticated Solutions: Environmental Research and Education for a New Age
NSF Director Rita Colwell speaks of the need for and the progress made in education for sustainability .
View the PDF
View in HTML |
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2nd National Conference on Sustainable Communities: Science and Solutions
December 6-7, 2001 |
 2001 Conference Report
Recommendations for Achieving Sustainable Communities The recommendations in this report address water, children's health, business, sustainable energy, remote sensing, rural communities, urban design, and more. They emphasize integrating community participation with science and technology. |  View 2001 Chafee Memorial Lecture, The Future of LifeRenowned ecologist and sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson speaks about human influences on biodiversity and the challenges of raising standards of living for humans around the world while keeping intact as much of the natural world as possible. |
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1st National Conference on Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking
December 7-8, 2000 |
 2000 Conference Report
Recommendations for Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking This report focuses on improving the scientific basis for decisionsmaking in the areas of biodiversity, global change, sustainable resource management, environmental indicators, and more. |  2000 Chafee Memorial Lecture, The CFC-Ozone Puzzle: Environmental Science in the Global Arena Nobel Laureates Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina discuss their startling discovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica in the 1980s. |
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