Innovative Approaches to Climate Change: A State and Federal Workshop

On February 25 and 26, 2008, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, in collaboration with the Pew Center on the States, hosted a workshop focused on state and federal action in response to climate change. The event brought together legislative staff and officials from both the state and federal levels to share their experience developing climate policies, and to discuss the appropriate roles of each level of government in implementing future national policy. Participants explored how federal policy might be informed by, and interact with, existing state efforts.

Two new publications were released at the workshop as part of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Climate Change 101 Series:

NEW: Climate Change 101: Adaptation
NEW: Climate Change 101: Cap-and-Trade

In addition, a new publication in the Pew Center's Coal Initiative Series was also released:

NEW: State Options for Low-Carbon Coal Policy

Speaker and panelist presentations can be viewed by clicking on the presenter's name below.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Opening Address:

• Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Insights from National Association of Clean Air Agencies Dialogue:

• Doug Scott, Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Panel 1: Cap-and-Trade Design, Session 1

Moderator: Vicki Arroyo, Director of Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Panelists:

• Janice Adair, Special Assistant to the Director, Washington State Department of Ecology
• Lisa Jackson, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• David McIntosh, Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)
• Damien Meadows, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Environment, European Commission

Panel 2: Cap-and-Trade Design, Session 2

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Moderator: Janet Peace, Senior Economist, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Panelists:

• Michael Gibbs, Assistant Secretary for Climate Change, California Environmental Protection Agency
• Christopher Sherry, Research Scientist, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• Damien Meadows, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Environment, European Commission
• Edith Thompson, Legislative Assistant, Office of Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)

Lunch Keynote Speaker:

• Governor Bill Richardson, New Mexico
  
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Panel 3: Transportation - Low-Carbon Fuels and Vehicles

Moderator: Tom Peterson, President and CEO, Center for Climate Strategies

Panelists:

• George Crombie, Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
• Chris Miller, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
• David Crane, Special Advisor for Jobs and Economic Growth, Office of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Roya Stanley, Director, Iowa Office of Energy Independence

Panel 4: Electricity

Moderator: Steve Brick, Program Manager, The Joyce Foundation

Panelists:

• Leon Lowery, Majority Staff, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
• Richard Opper, Director, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
• Jeanne Fox, President, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
• Richard Cowart, Director, Regulatory Assistance Project

Dinner Keynote Speaker:

• Erik Olson, Deputy Staff Director & General Counsel, Majority Staff, Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Breakfast Keynote Speaker:

• Governor Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota

Panel 5: Smart Growth and Vehicle Miles Traveled

Moderator: Doug Foy, Policy Advisor, Pew Center on the States

Panelists:

• Astrid Glynn, Commissioner, New York Department of Transportation
• Shannon Scutari, Policy Advisor for Growth and Infrastructure, Office of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano
• Robert Grow, Sr. Counsel to O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Envision Utah, Founding Chair Emeritus
  • Grow presentation - Part 1
  • Grow presentation - Part 2

Keynote Speaker:

• Senator John F. Kerry, Massachusetts

Panel 6: Adaptation

Moderator: Joel Smith, Vice President, Stratus Consulting Inc.

Panelists:

• Larry Hartig, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
• Stephen Adams, Staff Director, Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change, Florida
• Robert Twilley, Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University
• David Van't Hof, Sustainability Advisor, Office of Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski

Panel 7: Respective State and Federal Roles in Climate Policy

Moderator: Judi Greenwald, Director of Innovative Solutions, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Panelists:

• Sarah Cottrell, Energy and Environmental Policy Advisor, Office of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
• George Givens, Principal Legislative Analyst/Attorney, North Carolina General Assembly
• Franz Litz, Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
• Brad Moore, Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency