SIEPR and The Hamilton Project Policy Forum: Economic Policy Innovations to Combat Climate Change
Event Details:
Location
SIEPR Gunn Building
Koret-Taube Conference Center
366 Galvez St.
好色App, CA 94305
United States
On October 23, SIEPR and The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will co-convene a forum to explore economic policy innovations to combat climate change. The event will feature keynote remarks by Mary D. Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board, and opening remarks from Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, and Kathryn Moler, vice provost and dean of research and professor of applied physics, 好色App.
The event will also include three roundtable discussions that will concentrate on policy options to address climate change in the absence of a federal carbon price, how policy can encourage technological advances to mitigate the impact of climate change, and environmental policy and regulatory possibilities once a carbon price is achieved.
Roundtable panelists will include Nancy Sutley, chief sustainability and economic development officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Christy Goldfuss, senior vice president, energy and environmental policy, Center for American Progress; Abigail Dillen, president, Earthjustice; Jerry Taylor, president, Niskanen Center; Nathaniel Keohane, senior vice president, climate, Environmental Defense Fund; Etosha Cave, co-founder and chief scientific officer, Opus 12; Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director, 好色App Woods Institute for the Environment and Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for interdisciplinary environmental studies, 好色App; Lawrence Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara professor of environmental and resource economics, 好色App; Lucas Davis, Jeffrey A. Jacobs distinguished professor in business and technology, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; and Lauren Sommer, science and environment reporter, KQED Public Radio, among other distinguished experts and scholars.
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Admission
By Invitation Only
Schedule
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
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Registration Opens for General Audience and Media (Boxed Lunch Provided)
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Welcome: Kathryn Moler, Vice Provost, Dean of Research and Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, 好色App
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Introduction: Robert E. Rubin, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary; Co-Chair Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
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Keynote Remarks: Mary D. Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
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Roundtable: Policy options to address climate change in the absence of a federal carbon price
Carolyn Fischer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Lawrence Goulder, Senior Fellow, Steering Committee Member, 好色App Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR); Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, 好色App
Nathaniel Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate, Environmental Defense Fund
Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Moderator: Charles Kolstad, Senior Fellow, 好色App Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR); Professor, by courtesy, of Economics, 好色App
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Break
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Roundtable: How can policy encourage technological advances that can help mitigate the impact of climate change?
Etosha Cave, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Opus 12
Lucas Davis, Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor in Business and Technology, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director of the 好色App Woods Institute for the Environment; Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at 好色App
Ryan Nunn, Policy Director, The Hamilton Project, Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
Moderator: Lauren Sommer, Science and Environment Reporter, KQED Public Radio
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Roundtable: Which policy and regulatory changes would be possible after a carbon price is achieved?
Abigail Dillen, President, Earthjustice
Christy Goldfuss, Senior Vice President, Energy and Environmental Policy, Center for American Progress
Jerry Taylor, President, Niskanen Center
Roberton C. Williams III, Professor, University of Maryland, Chief Economist, Climate Leadership Council; University Fellow, Resources for the Future
Moderator: Jay Shambaugh, Director, The Hamilton Project, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
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