The New Mexico State University Climate Change Education Seminar Series, or NMSUCCESS for short is an interdisciplinary series bringing a range of experts to New Mexico State University and venues in Las Cruces to promote informed discussion of the causes and consequences of climate change.
Fall 2020
Knowledge to Outcomes in Global Biodiversity Conservation
Dr. Leah Gerber
Wednesday October 21st 7pm
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Global biodiversity loss is occurring at an unprecedented rate. Approximately 1 million species are threatened with extinction and many species have gone extinct in the past decade. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) offers an integrated overview of where the world stands in relation to key international goals, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Paris Agreement on climate change. The report is also represents the first assessment of indigenous and local knowledge at a global scale. In this talk I will summarize estimates for the global status of biodiversity and ecosystem change, the implications for people, policy options and likely future pathways over the next three decades if current trends continue. As all SDGs depend on biodiversity, I will also discuss trade-offs and synergies in progress toward achieving the goals. Finally, I will discuss research needs for ensuring a sustainable pathway toward achieving SDG, Aichi and climate goals.
UNM Biodiversity Webinar Series
Presented by the Species in Peril Project with U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
WEBINAR PROGRAM
Monday, September 14th 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Build a National Biodiversity Action Plan: Science, Policy, and Grassroots
Thursday, October 8th, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Flora, Fishes, and Fireflies: Assessing Species in Peril in New Mexico and Abroad
Thursday, November 19th, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Indigenous Kinship and Multispecies Justice
Thursday, December 3rd, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Transforming State Wildlife Management to Protect Biodiversity in the U.S.
2020 – 2021 Series
New Mexico At The Precipice: A conversation with Laura Paskus
Laura Paskus
Wednesday September 30th 7pm
2019 – 2020 Series
On the Competing Risks and Benefits of Geologic CO2 Sequestration
Dr. Brian McPherson
Wednesday March 4, 2020 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Climate Security: Threats and Responses at Home and Abroad
Vice Admiral Lee Gunn, USN (Ret)
Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP)
Wednesday February 12, 2020 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Redesigning Desert Agriculture for Climate Change: Biomimicry, Nurse Plant Ecology & Succulent Plants
Dr. Gary Nabhan
University of Arizona
Wednesday January 29, 2020 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Multi-species Justice in the Age of Biological Annihilation & Climate Breakdown
Subhankar Banerjee
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:00 – 8:30 pm
The Human Dimension of Disaster Preparedness, Vulnerability, and Resiliency: The Role of the Colleges and Universities
Dr. Jorge Vanegas
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 7:00 – 8:30 pm
New Mexico at the Crossroads: How the State, It’s Biggest City, and NMSU are Addressing Climate Change
Chancellor Arvizu – Chancellor of NMSU
Sarah Cottrell Propst – Secretary of the State Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
Kelsey Rader – Sustainability Officer of Albuquerque
Wednesday October 2, 2019 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Chihuahuan Desert Landscapes in the Uncertain Future
Debra Peters (Lead Research Scientist at Jornada Experimental Range)
Thursday September 12, 2020 7:00 – 8:30 pm
2018-2019 Series
Climate Change, Wildfire, and Megadrought in the Western United States
A. Park Williams
April 3, 2019
Drought, water security, and ecosystem disruption – the SW climate challenge
Jonathan Overpeck
March 6, 2019
Extreme Conservation on a Glacier-less Planet
Joel Berger
February 20, 2019
Barriers to Public Acceptance of Climate Science, Impacts and Solutions
Katharine Hayhoe
February 6, 2019
Environmental Markets: From Sulfur to Carbon to Water and Beyond?
Michael Walsh
November 28, 2018
The 3 S’s of Climate Change: Simple, Serious, and Solvable
Scott Denning
November 7, 2018
Deep Time Insight into Earth’s Future
Isabel Montanez
October 3, 2018
On the Front Lines of Urban Warming
David Hondula
September 19, 2018
A Look ahead for the Southwest: Hotter and More Arid
Gregg Garfin
April 25, 2018
Why are We Concerned about Changing Climate
Dave Dubois
April 17, 2018