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Day 1: Thursday, May 18, 2006
Transportation and California Climate Change Policy Roundtable

4:00pm - 4:10pm		Welcome and Workshop Overview, Capitol Building, Room 126 Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson Jr., Director, Woods Institute for the Environment and Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law, Stanford University
4:10pm - 4:40pm		Keynote Presentation Accelerating Technology to Decelerate Climate Change Peter Schwartz, Co-Founder and Chairman, Global Business Network
4:40pm - 6:15pm		Policy Roundtable: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions in the Transportation Sector Transportation accounts for more than 40 percent of GHG emissions in California. This roundtable will address the questions: What are the strengths and weaknesses of alternative scenarios for achieving a transition to a low-emission transportation sector in California? What are the most promising policy options for pursuing this goal? How much will the transition cost and how can equity issues be addressed? The roundtable will explore both near-term and long-term options including a) demand management (public transit, smart growth), b) efficiency/ technology (emissions regulations, Pavley Bill, hybrids), and c) alternative fuels (biofuels, etc.). Introduction: W. Michael Hanemann, Director, California Climate Change Center, and Chancellor's Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley Opening Presentations (10 min ea.) Dan Sperling, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies and Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis James Sweeney, Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University Round-table Participants Anne Baker, California Environmental Protection Agency K.C. Bishop, III, Legislative Advocate, Chevron Corporation Winston Hickox, Portfolio Manager: Environmental Initiatives, CalPERS Alan Lowenthal, State Senate (invited) Jason Mark, Union of Concerned Scientists Fran Pavley, State Assembly Dave Raney, Senior Manager of Environmental & Energy Affairs, Honda Motors George Runner, State Senate (invited)
6:15pm - 7:30pm		Reception, Capitol Building, Room 317

Day 2: Friday, May 19, 2006
Climate Change Policy Workshop

8:30am - 9:30am		Welcome, Agenda Review and Introductions, Capitol Building, Room 4202 Presentation: What the American Public Thinks about Climate Change: Findings from a New Stanford/ABC/Time Magazine Survey Jon Krosnick, Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences and Senior Fellow, Woods Institute, Stanford University
9:30am - 10:15am		Issue Presentations Introduction: Dan Sperling, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies and Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis Policies to Promote Innovation and Investment in Clean Technology Margaret Taylor, Assistant Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley Values and Norms of Behavior: Strategies for Encouraging Public Support of Climate Policy Deborah Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and Director of the Stanford Center on Ethics, Stanford University
10:15am - 10:30am		Break
10:30am - Noon		Concurrent Breakout Sessions, Capitol Building, Room 4202 and room TBD Session #1: Business, Innovation, Investment and Clean Energy This session will examine regulatory frameworks, policies and incentives that can enhance technological innovation and support private investment in technologies and technology systems for GHG reduction. Session #2: Attitudes and Norms of Behavior: Successful Communication about Climate Change and Climate and Energy Policies Significant progress on energy and climate issues will require behavioral changes on several levels: voting, purchases, personal consumption, transportation choices and support of environmental issues, initiatives and organizations. This session will explore the range of non-economic factors influencing human behavior associated with energy and climate issues and examine the implications of these factors for the design of policies and communication strategies.
Noon - 1:15pm		Lunch, Hyatt Regency Sacramento at Capitol Park, 1209 L Street, Carmel Room
1:15pm - 2:00pm		Issue Presentations, Capitol Building, Room 4202 Introduction: W. Michael Hanemann, Director, California Climate Change Center and Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley Designing a Cap-and-Trade Program for California Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. Political Challenges for Greenhouse Gas Reduction in California Paul Sabin, Executive Director, Environmental Leadership Program, Washington, D.C.
2:00pm - 2:15pm		Break
2:15pm - 3:45pm		Concurrent Breakouts, Capitol Building, Room 4202 and room TBD Session #3: Market-Based Approaches for GHG Reduction This session will examine technical, institutional and political considerations related to the design of a cap-and-trade system for GHG reduction in California and the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives to this approach. It will explore costs and benefits of these approaches for poor or minority communities and policies to address inequities. It will address specific design issues and explore the experience with cap-and-trade systems established in other regions, as well as whether and how California might benefit if it establishes its own cap-and-trade system. Session #4: Political Challenges for Greenhouse Gas Reduction in California This session will address political factors that shape climate and energy policy issues in the state and explore the question of how California can best stimulate complementary policy changes in other states and at a federal (and global) scale. It will address issues such as: What kinds of political dynamics shaped the California energy market in the past? What kind of leadership might be needed in the future to achieve significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions? How can California provide leadership on emissions reductions within the United States' federal system of governance? What kinds of political ideas and conversations will be needed to support an ambitious initiative to achieve emissions reductions?
3:45pm - 4:00pm		Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm		Report-Outs and Plenary Discussion, Capitol Building, Room 4202
5:00pm		Adjourn

Day 3: Saturday, May 20, 2006

8:00am - 9:00am		Continental Breakfast Buffet, Hyatt Regency, Tahoe Room
9:00am - Noon		Implications for Research, Hyatt Regency, Tahoe Room A subset of the workshop participants have been invited in advance to take part in this morning discussion that will focus on the implications of the previous day's discussion for research priorities in the natural and social sciences. Participants will elaborate a set of key policy challenges and research needs that, if addressed, could most directly contribute to the needs of policy and decision-makers who are addressing climate and energy policy challenges. Any workshop participant who is not specifically invited to take part in this discussion is welcome to join in.

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