This workshop was organized by PERN with funding from MacArthur Foundation?s Population, Consumption and Environment (PCE) initiative. The purpose of this workshop was to explore a research agenda and methodological approaches for studying the linkages between population, consumption and environment in both developed and developing countries. It built upon earlier research agendas set by the National Research Council?s Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions (Stern et al. 1997), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development?s (OECD) sustainable consumption initiative (OECD 2002). The agenda was as follows; papers that are linked are available for download. Click here for a workshop summary.
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Time Slot
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Speakers / Topics
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9:00-9:05
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Welcome
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9:05-10:05
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Presenter: Vaclav Smil, University of Manitoba (Canada), Energy Consumption and the Environment
 Presenter: Daniela Zlatunova, University of Sofia (Bulgaria), Energy and Sustainable Development in Eastern Europe
Presenter: Evans Kituyi, African Centre for Technology Studies (Kenya), Charcoal Production and Consumption in East Africa
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10:05-10:30
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Question & Answer and Discussion
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10:30-10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45-11:45
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Presenter: Faye Duchin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA), Household Lifestyles: Ideas for a Research Program
Discussant: Barbara Entwistle, Carolina Population Center and the University of North Carolina (USA)
Presenters: Fritz Reusswig & Hermann Lotze-Campen, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany), Changing Global Lifestyles and Consumption Patterns: The Case of Energy and Food
Discussant: Daniel Hogan, Population Studies Unit, University of Campinas (Brazil)
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11:45-12:15
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Question & Answer and Discussion
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12:15-12:45
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Closing Panel
Po Garden, Unit for Social and Environmental Research (USER), Chiang Mai University (Thailand)
Paul Stern, National Research Council (USA)
Sara Curran, Office of Population Research, Princeton University (USA)
Alex de Sherbinin, Population-Environment Research Network and CIESIN, Columbia University (USA), Major Issues for Constructing a Sustainable Consumption Research Agenda
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12:45-1:00
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Brainstorming session on future PCE research agenda |
References
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 2002. Towards Sustainable Household Consumption? Trends and Policies in OECD Countries. Paris: OECD.
Stern, P.C., T. Dietz, V.W. Ruttan, R.H. Socolow, and J.L. Sweeney (eds.). 1997. Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
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