February 5, 2010

Implementing Climate Change Policy:
Looking Forward to the Hard Part

Co-Sponsored by:
Columbia University Law School
Environmental Law Institute
University of Virginia Law School
Vanderbilt University Law School

The United States is poised to adopt comprehensive climate change legislation. It will likely be one of the longest and most complex federal statutes passed in decades, and will affect almost every corner of the economy. Until then, EPA and perhaps other agencies may adopt numerous regulations.

Implementing the new regulatory scheme will be a massive and difficult undertaking. Billions of dollars will hinge on each of numerous implementation decisions. This one- and one-half day conference brought together leading government officials, academics, NGOs and private practitioners to explore these issues:

• The dozens of rulemakings required of EPA, DOE, and other agencies
• Creating the machinery for markets and offsets
• Managing the transition for key sectors (fossil and renewable energy, agriculture, forestry)
• Linkages to the international climate and trade systems
• State and local roles
• Affecting individual and corporate behavior
• Equity and environmental justice issues

Downloads:
Michael Gerrard, mp3 Recording
Jonathan Weriner, mp3 Recording
Michael Vandenburgh, mp3 Recording
Don Elliot and Gina McCarthy, mp3 Recording
Patricia Salkin and John Dernbach, mp3 Recording
Sheila Foster and Chad Stone, mp3 Recording
Saturday phone conference part 1 mp3 Recording
Saturday phone conference part 2 mp3 Recording
Revised agenda for Saturday
Christopher Carr, PowerPoint
Kyle Danish, PowerPoint
John Dernbach, PowerPoint
Don Elliot, 1992 CAA Amendments Implementation Strategy, The New Clean Air, An Environmental Milestone EPA.highlighted.pdf
Dirk Forrister, PowerPoint
Sheila Foster, PowerPoint
Michael Gerrard, PowerPoint
Edward Mazria, PowerPoint
Roger Martella, PowerPoint
Gina McCarthy, PowerPoint
Patricia Salkin, PowerPoint, Audio PowerPoint
Chad Stone, PowerPoint
Michael Vandenbergh, PowerPoint
Michael Wara, PowerPoint
Jonathan Wiener, PowerPoint

Conference co-chairs:
Prof. Jonathan Z. Cannon, University of Virginia Law School
Prof. Michael B. Gerrard, Columbia Law School
Prof. Michael P. Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt Law School

Click here to download the full agenda.