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Dr. Bruce A. McCarl
Biography
Dr. Bruce McCarl is
a Regents Professor of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M
University, a Fellow of
the American Agricultural Economics Association plus is part of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that is co recipient of the 2007
Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. McCarl has been on the Texas A&M faculty since 1985
and previously held positions at Oregon
State and Purdue. He
works on the economic implications of global climate change and greenhouse gas
emission reduction including aspects related to biofuels, as well as
environmental, forestry and agricultural policy design. During the last few years
he developed the economic parts of the U.S. Global Climate Research Program
National assessments for both forestry and agriculture, worked on agricultural
and forestry multistrategy assessment of climate change mitigation potential in
conjunction with the US Kyoto Protocol negotiating team and served as a member
of the IPCC Agricultural Mitigation chapter writing team while assisting the
forestry team. He is the author of 186
journal articles and more than 400 other professional papers and
presentations. He has been involved with
over $30 million in sponsored research.
Lecture Information
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
10:45 AM - Biofeuls: How strong will the future market be?
This presentation addresses market forces involved with energy prices and greenhouse gasses that will shape the future competitiveness of biofuels and bioenergy.