Events
Upcoming
In June 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development will meet in Rio de Janeiro to take stock of the progress achieved since the 1992 Earth Summit and to chart a new path for the future.
In advance of this historic summit, please join us to hear White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley discuss the Obama Administration's commitment to supporting healthy and sustainable communities and clean energy job growth and to engage an outstanding panel of subnational experts, who will discuss activity that is happening in states, provinces, and regions across the U.S., Canada, Germany, and Brazil.
To attend this Washington, D.C.-based event, please RSVP to Tsinu Tesfaye (...
Past Highlights
Leading experts joined the Georgetown Climate Center for important discussions on government regulation, policies, and incentives as well as the role of green patents and technology transfers in global sustainability at this event, which was hosted by the Georgetown Climate Center and GIELR.
A detailed agenda for the event is below. The event was held at Georgetown Law.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
9:15 A.M. Coffee & Check-In
9:45 A.M. Opening Remarks
Peter Byrne, Professor, Georgetown Law
Edith Brown Weiss, Professor, Georgetown Law
10:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M. Panel 1 • Government Regulation & Policies
Moderated by Vicki...
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument on February 28th and 29th in four cases where petitioners challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gases and related actions under the Clean Air Act.
The petitioners challenged EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases (GHGs) endanger public health and welfare, as well as GHG regulations “triggered” by that finding, specifically regulations for new motor vehicles in the “light duty vehicle rule” and for very large new and modified stationary sources in the “tailoring rule.” Taken together these regulatory actions represent EPA's response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA, where the court held that GHGs are...
The Georgetown Climate Center will provide two briefings this week to discuss its newly released pre-proposal backgrounder on the EPA's forthcoming performance standards for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The brief provides background information about the law and existing regulations and raises issues that states may want to consider in evaluating EPA’s forthcoming proposal.
On Thursday, Sept. 22, the Center is partnering with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies to discuss the upcoming regulations. The briefing will provide background information about the law and existing regulations and highlight potential opportunities for...
This event, sponsored by the Heinrich Boll Foundation North America, will bring in leading experts from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss strategies for lowering emissions and gaining economic strength despite these constraints.
Vicki Arroyo, executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center, will serve as the moderator for the event.
Speakers will address how smart industrial and energy policies provide opportunities for new jobs and more energy security. In addition, they will highlight how rural areas can generate tax revenue and opportunities for clean technologies by pursuing ambitious renewable energy strategies. The event will in particular focus on regions that rely heavily on energy intense industries and coal for power supply, and will emphasize...
The Georgetown Climate Center and the Pew Center on Climate Change hosted the State-Federal Workshop on Climate and Energy Policy on February 24-25 in Washington, DC, to begin answering the question: "What's next for climate policy?"
The conference explored how state and federal governments can work together to chart a new path forward on climate and energy policy. A wide range of issues were discussed including the outlook for federal regulatory and legislative action, updates on state and regional climate initiatives, state and federal adaptation efforts, transportation solutions, and opportunities in the emerging clean energy economy.
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The Georgetown Climate Center recently assisted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in convening one of five “listening sessions” on the design of regulation under the Clean Air Act’s New Source Performance Standards program. The session was intended to assist the EPA in gathering feedback from coalitions like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Western Climate Initiative, among others.
Executive Director Vicki Arroyo kicked off the session, providing EPA Asst. Administrator Gina McCarthy and staff with comments regarding incorporating state approaches into a federal program. For more information about the sessions, click here to visit the EPA's website.
Senior officials from state agencies discussed important action that is underway to combat climate change in the U.S. despite the absence of comprehensive, federal action in Congress in 2010. The event, an official side event at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change (COP16), was hosted by the Georgetown Climate Center and was held on the U.S. stage.
Participants included: Jared Snyder, Assistant Commissioner for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Doug Scott, Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; Lauren Faber, Assistant Secretary for Climate Change Programs for the California Environmental Protection Agency; and Vicki Arroyo, executive director for the Georgetown Climate Center.
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