North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle [also known as the Prototype State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR) focused on North America]

Thomas J. Wilbanks

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

P.O. Box 2008

Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6206

Tel: (865) 574-5515; Fax: (865) 576-2943

 

Education

 

1960    B.A.     Trinity University

1967    M.A.    Syracuse University

1969    Ph.D.   Syracuse University     

 

Research Interests

 

Realizing sustainable development.

Relationships between society and technology.

Responses to concerns about global environmental change.

Energy and environmental policy analysis, including technology assessment; regional assessment; environmental, social, and economic impact assessment; R&D policy.

Institution-building, especially for R&D activities and for energy and environmental policymaking and decisionmaking.

Geographic scale as an issue in sustainability science, including roles of cross-scale interactions.

Regional development, particularly problems of developing regions and cross-cultural comparisons of determinants.

 

Employment History

 

1987-present    Corporate Research Fellow and Leader, Global Change and Developing Country Programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1998-present    Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

200-2002         Acting Co-Director, Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies

1983-present    Adjunct Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee

1980-1987       Associate Director and Head of Programs and Planning, Energy Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1980-1981       Acting Director, Energy Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1977-1980       Senior Planner, Energy Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1974-1977       Research Fellow, Science and Public Policy Program, The University of Oklahoma

1973-1977       Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, The University of Oklahoma

1973                Research Director, Syracuse-Yugoslav Project on Environmental Policy and Planning, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

1971-1972       Executive Director, Urban Transportation Institute, Syracuse University

1969-1973       Assistant Professor of Geography, Syracuse University

1969                Lecturer in Geography, Syracuse University

 

Professional Service/Activities

 

Member - Science Steering Group, U.S. Carbon Cycle Program

Co-author - scaling chapter of conceptual framework report, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, UN Environment Programme et al.

Member - IPCC Working Group II (Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities), Third Assessment Report; lead author of chapter 7 (human settlements, energy, and industry) and of the synthesis report and summary for policymakers

Member - Advisory Committee, Human-Environmental Research Observatories, NSF-supported national program led by the Pennsylvania State University

Coordinator - Inter-regional Forum, U.S. National Assessment of Vulnerabilities to Climate Variability and Change

Member - Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

Member - Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

Member - Panel on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

 

Publications

 

Wilbanks, T.J. 1002. Geography and Technology, in Technology and Geography: A Social History, S. Brunn, S. Cutter, J. Harrington (eds.), Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Wilbanks, T.J., et al. 2003. Possible Responses to Global Climate Change: Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation. Environment 45(5):28-38.

Wilbanks, T.J. and R. Kates. 2003. Making the Global Local: Responding to Climate Change Concerns from the Bottom Up. Environment 45(3):12-23.

Wilbanks, T.J., and D. Capistrano, et al. 2003. Dealing with Scale, Conceptual Framework, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Kuala Lumpur, Island Press, pp. 107-126.

Wilbanks, T.J. and E.A. Parson, et al. 2003. Understanding Climatic Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation in the United States: Building a Capacity for Assessment. Climatic Change 57:9-42.

Wilbanks, T.J., S. Cutter, and D. Richardson. 2003. The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism, Routledge, New York.

Wilbanks, T.J., R. Kates, and R. Abler. 2003. Global Change and Local Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases, Cambridge University Press.

Wilbanks, T.J. 2003. Geographic Scaling Issues in Integrated Assessments of Climate Change, in Scaling Issues in Integrated Assessment, J. Rotmans and D. Rothman (eds.). Swets and Zeitlinger 5-34.

Wilbanks, T.J., and W.C. Clark, et al. 2000. Assessing Vulnerability to Global Environmental Risks, Discussion Paper 2000-12, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Wilbanks, T.J., A. Wolfe, and N. Kerchner. 2001. Public Involvement on a Regional Scale. Environmental Assessment Review 21:431-448.

Wilbanks, T.J., and P. Stern. 2001. Policy Implications and Needs for Further Knowledge, New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.

Wilbanks, T.J. and R.W. Kates. 1999. Global Change in Local Places. Climatic Change 43(3):601-628.

Wilbanks, T.J. 1994. Sustainable Development' in Geographic Context. Annals, Association of American Geographers, 84:541-57.

Wilbanks, T.J. 1992. Energy Policy Responses to Concerns about Global Climate Change, in Global Climate Change: Implications, Challenges and Mitigation Measures, S. Majumdar, et al. (eds.), Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, Easton, PA, pp. 452-70.

Wilbanks, T.J., et al. 1989. Decision Making, in Energy Technology R&D: What Could Make a Difference?, W. Fulkerson et al. (eds.), ORNL-6541, Vol. 2, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, pp. 123-37.

Wilbanks, T.J. 1988. Impacts of Energy Development and Use, 1888-2088, in Earth '88: Changing Geographic Perspectives, National Geographic Society, Washington, pp. 96-114.

Wilbanks, T.J. 1985. Geography and National Policy, Annals, Association of American Geographers, LXXV, pp. 4-10.

Wilbanks, T.J., and R. Lee. 1985. Policy Analysis in Theory and Practice, in Large-Scale Energy Projects: Assessment of Regional Consequences, T.R. Lakshmanan and B. Johansson (eds.), North-Holland, Amsterdam 273-303.

Wilbanks, T.J., and E. Aronson, et al. 1984. Energy Use: The Human Dimension, W.H. Freeman, San Francisco.

Wilbanks, T.J. 1982. Is Comprehensive Analysis of Critical Interactions Possible?, in Energy, Economics, and the Environment, G. Daneke (ed.), D.C. Heath, Lexington, MA, pp. 91-110.

Wilbanks, T.J. 1980. Location and Well-being, Harper and Row, New York, 462 pp.

Wilbanks, T.J., and D.E. Kash, et al. 1976. Our Energy Future: The Role of Research, Development, and Demonstration in Reaching a National Consensus on Energy Supply, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 482 pp.

Wilbanks, T.J., and D.E. Kash, et al.. 1974. A Methodology and Documentation for Consistent Analysis of Energy Alternatives, Science and Public Policy Program, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Vol 4., 1400 pp.