Public Investment for Decarbonization: Principles for Good Policy

Yale School of the Environment

Friday, October 8, 2021

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. EDT

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Public Investment for Decarbonization: Principles for Good Policy

The Yale School of the Environment, led by the Climate Change and Policy Learning Communities, invites you to join us for our October 8, 2021 conference: "Public Investment for Decarbonization: Principles for Good Policy."

This event, organized by students and faculty at the Yale School of the Environment, came to fruition through our common understanding of the potential for public investments to more effectively enable deep decarbonization. Together, we aim to explore two key questions:

  1. How should public investments be made to overcome technical and economic barriers to deep decarbonization?
  2. How should public investments be made to be equitable and to build political coalitions that support deep decarbonization, including regulatory climate reforms?

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Featuring panelists from the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, and academia, we aim to collectively explore the links, barriers, and opportunities at the nexus of public investment, climate change, and deep decarbonization. This event consists of two panels in the morning of October 8, each focusing on one of the above questions.

To comply with Yale's current event guidelines, this event is being offered in a hybrid format: panelists will join us virtually via Zoom, while Yale students and faculty are welcome to attend in-person in Burke Auditorium in Kroon Hall with limited seating capacity.

TO REGISTER: Click on the registration button above to register for both in-person and virtual attendance. Due to limited seating capacity, guests we are not able to accommodate in-person will be invited to join us virtually.

Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks: 9:30 a.m. EDT

Panel 1: 9:33 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. EDT

Panel 2: 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EDT

Lunch: 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. EDT

Speakers:

  • Peter Raymond, Professor of Ecosystem Ecology, Yale School of the Environment
  • Julia Sweatman, Master of Environmental Management Candidate, Yale School of the Environment
  • Charles Harper, Master of Environmental Management Candidate, Yale School of the Environment

Panel 1: Technical and Economic Barriers

Time: 9:35 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. EDT

Question: How should public investments be made to overcome technical and economic barriers to deep decarbonization?

Moderator:

  • Joe Aldy, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Speakers:

  • Laura Piovesan, Director for Sustainability, European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • Matt Rogers, McKinsey Senior Partner Emeritus; Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Recovery Act Implementation, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Bella Tonkonogy, Associate Director, Climate Finance, Climate Policy Initiative

Rapporteur:

  • Matthew Kotchen, Professor of Economics, Yale School of the Environment

Panel 2: Equity and Coalition-Building

Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EDT

Question: How should public investments be made to be equitable and to build political coalitions that support deep decarbonization, including regulatory climate reforms?

Moderator:

  • Jonas Meckling, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley; Coleman P. Burke Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor, Yale School of the Environment

Speakers:

  • Gizelle Wray, Director of Regulatory Affairs & Counsel, Solar Energy Industries Association
  • Ben Beachy, Director, Living Economy Program, Sierra Club
  • Lara Skinner, Director, Labor Leading on Climate Initiative, The Worker Institute at Cornell University, ILR School

Rapporteur:

  • Daniel Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale School of the Environment and Clinical Professor of Environmental Law & Policy, Yale Law School

Our Organizing Committee

Students: Charles Harper, Gillian Sawyer, Julia Sweatman

Faculty: Daniel Esty, Matthew Kotchen, Jonas Meckling, Peter Raymond