Event Details
8:00am-6:00pm
Doré Commons
Baker Hall,
Rice University
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This conference is hosted by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the Energy & Environmental Systems Institute, and the Shell Center for Sustainability
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About the Conference
The conference will bring together leaders committed to educating the public about the impact of global warming and discuss their experiences in crafting public policy in this area. In particular, we will focus on such issues as the economics of climate change, the costs and benefits of mitigation strategies, the role of emerging technologies, and the politics of international, national and subnational response strategies. |
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- International Panel on Climate Change 2007 Report
and Climate Change Modeling
- Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable
and Managing the Unavoidable
- Policy Approaches to Limit Carbon
- Corporate Green House Gas Policies
- Economic Issues of Climate Change Policy
- Options for Dealing with Climate Change: Costs and Benefits
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Conference Presentations
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| Confronting Climate Change: the Sigma Xi/UN Foundation Report Rosina Bierbaum, Ph.D. |
| How to Avoid Unmanageable Climatic Disruption John P. Holdren, Ph.D.
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| Morning Addresses- Policy Approaches to Limit Carbon |
| The California Model for Combating Climate Change Daniel Sperling, Ph.D. |
| Cap and Trade Systems: The European Experience Milo Sjardin |
| Carbon Tax Swap: An Equitable Tax Reform to Address Global Climate Change Gilbert E. Metcalf, Ph.D. |
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| Afternoon Session I- Economic Issues of Climate Change Policy |
| The Economic Impact of Climate Change: the Stern Review Dmitri Zenghelis |
| Economic Costs of Climate Change John P. Weyant, Ph.D. |
| Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: At What Cost? Scott S. Nyquist |
| Global Climate Change Policy and Energy Security: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Peter Hartley, Ph.D. |
| Considering Risk and Uncertainty in Designing Climate Change Policy Mort Webster, Ph.D. |
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| Afternoon Session II- Options for Dealing with Climate Change: Costs and Benefits |
| Energy Technology and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation James A. Edmonds, Ph.D. |
| Coal in a Carbon-Constrained World Ernest J. Moniz, Ph.D. |
| Solar Grand Plan Ken Zweibel |
| Dimensions of the Prize: Leverage Technology to Achieve Sustainable Emissions Cal Cooper, Ph.D. |
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| Closing Comments |
| Gaining Traction Beyond the Science of Climate Change Eric J. Barron, Ph.D. |
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