HSU Hosts China/Climate Warming Forum

Nov 06, 2009

Arcata – On the eve of President Barack Obama’s trip to the People’s Republic of China, Humboldt State University faculty will host a public forum on Monday, Nov. 9, at 5 p.m. in Science B, Room 135, on the likely long-term impact of U.S. and Chinese energy policy on global climate change. The presentation is titled “China, the U.S. and the World” and is open to the general public as well as the campus community.

HSU economist Dan Ihara will examine U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s assertion that “what the U.S. and China do during the next decade will determine the fate of the world.” A milestone global climate change conference is scheduled for December in Copenhagen.

Ihara earned his doctorate in 1991 on how international conflict and cooperation variously affect global warming policy. Last March, he presented a paper on the “Harmonization of Greenhouse Gas Emission Markets” at an annual workshop in Wittenberg, Germany.

Environmental Resources Engineering Professor Emeritus Robert Gearheart, returning from China and Bangladesh November 7, will discuss projects he is part of in China’s capital, Beijing. He was a key person in the creation of the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary and also was involved with bio-remediation at Superfund sites.