Climate change will require society to adjusts to prevent dangerous changes and adapt to those changes already in motion – what does this mean for a young person today? Senior Fellow Eric Gimon discusses how today’s youth can move society towards a sustainable future at a TEDX event.
Presentations and Videos
U.S. DOE Future Markets Workshop: Valuing Flexibility In Power Markets
At the U.S. DOE’s Future Markets Workshop on Flexibility, Robbie Orvis provided an overview of long-term flexibility in wholesale power markets.
EPW Democratic Roundtable: “A Historic View of the Clean Air Act”
This roundtable event, hosted by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, offered a discussion on how the Clean Air Act’s past regulations and protections have created innovation and economic opportunities for the U.S. The discussion included Hal Harvey as well as three other participants from the clean energy and pollution control business community.
NACW 2017 – North American Carbon Market Forecast
At the Navigating the American Carbon World Conference, Director of Research Chris Busch joined a panel charged with forecasting future trends in North American carbon markets. The panel covered the linked California-Quebec cap-and-trade program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and emerging programs in Canadian provinces.
Linking Ontario to the Western Climate Initiative
Following the province’s first carbon auction in March, Ontario’s Cap And Trade Forum brought together a range of stakeholders to provide insight and expertise on dealing with carbon market uncertainties and developing strategies for successful cap-and-trade programs. Director of Research Chris Busch spoke on a panel discussing the implications of linking Ontario to the broader Western Climate Initiative carbon market.
CDEF 2017: The Role of Rate Design in a Distributed Energy Market
At Greentech Media’s conference on California’s Distributed Energy Future 2017, Sonia Aggarwal joins a panel with SEIA’s Sean Gallagher and EDF’s Jamie Fine to discuss how rate design can value from distributed resources for customers, developers, and utilities.
Energy Policy and Trump: Hope for California and Our Planet?
Policy leaders have spoken out and pledged for continued environmental progress, regardless of what happens in Washington. At a World Affairs speaker event, Hal and Berkeley economist Severin Borenstein discuss what state-level climate actions, the ability for market forces and technology to maintain current clean energy trends, and the prospect of the Paris Agreement.
Trump: The return of climate denial
Policy leaders have spoken out and pledged for continued environmental progress, regardless of what happens in Washington. At a World Affairs speaker event, Hal and Berkeley economist Severin Borenstein discuss what state-level climate actions, the ability for market forces and technology to maintain current clean energy trends, and the prospect of the Paris Agreement.
PEC Decarb Conference: Renewable Energy
There’s no question renewable energy is advancing around the world, but how far can it go? Panelists at the PEC Deep Decarbonization Conference discuss the opportunity and limitations for renewables in our power system of the future. During the conference’s Renewable Energy panel, Senior Fellow Eric Gimon discusses why he thinks renewables have the potential to meet high penetration levels–up to 80% or even 100%.
Hal Harvey – Environment – Profile for 21st Heinz Awards
The 21st Heinz Awards recipient for Environment, Hal Harvey, talks about why we don’t need to choose between the environment and the economy, and how to create ‘precision interventions’ to drive the shift to a sustainable future.