Assessing Progress under California’s AB 32 Cap-and-Trade Program: Carbon Pollution Reductions and Economic Growth
California adopted a landmark climate law (AB 32) in 2006 and initiated a cap-and-trade program six years later. At this RFF seminar, experts from the Environmental Defense Fund presented their recent report on the program: Carbon Market California: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Golden State's Cap-and-Trade Program, Year Two.
Event Details
California adopted a landmark climate law (AB 32) in 2006 and initiated a cap-and-trade program six years later. At this RFF seminar, experts from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) will present their recent report on the program: Carbon Market California: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Golden State's Cap-and-Trade Program, Year Two. Presenters from RFF, EDF, and California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, will discuss the state’s climate policy, including the status of efforts to put a carbon price on transportation pollution and establish a climate dividend for ratepayes.
Introduction
Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future
Moderator
Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resource for the Future
Panelists
Karen Palmer, Research Director and Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Tim O’Connor, Director, California Climate Initiative, Environmental Defense Fund
Derek Walker, Associate Vice President, US Climate and Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund
Ray Williams, Director, Long-Term Energy Policy, Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation
Melissa Lavinson, Vice President, Federal Affairs, Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation
