Clipore hosted a workshop on The 2008 US Presidential Election and the Future of Climate Change Cooperation in Uppsala, Sweden, on the 13th of November. The presentations from the workshop are now available online below.
The workshop included presentations on the EU's and the USA's tentative roles in the future international climate change cooperation, and the new US president and the role of the US in the climate negotiations. An overview was given of the US climate change policies and politics, and another one of the cap and trade systems in the EU and in the US. The workshop was summarized in a closing discussion entitled The Road Ahead: From Poznañ to Copenhagen, which was moderated by Sverker Gustavsson from Uppsala University. The following presentations are available from the workshop:
US & EU Approaches to Climate Change: Allies or Adversaries? (powerpoint, 360 kB)
Christer Karlsson and Charles Parker, Uppsala University
Cap and Trade in the US and the EU: Future Prospects (powerpoint, 340 kB)
Markus Wråke, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
For more information, please contact: charlotte.nilsson@ivl.se
Uppsala, November 13, 2008, 9:45-16:15
Department of Government, Uppsala University
Akademihotellet
Övre Slottsgatan 5, Uppsala
On November 4th US voters will select a new president. Climate changeis one of many issues that will be affected by a change in the WhiteHouse. This workshop examines the potential impact that the nextpresidential administration might have concerning future efforts toaddress the climate change threat. The new US president?s climateprotection agenda, regional and national climate policies in the US,and the potential for the US and the EU to provide joint leadership toaddress the challenge of climate change and forge a new post-Kyotoagreement are all among the issues that will be addressed. To see the program for the workshop, please click here (pdf, 31 kB)
.The event is free of charge and includes lunch and coffee in the
morning and in the afternoon. For this reason, we would like you to
confirm your attendance no later than the morning of the 10th of
November.
To register for the conference, please contact Charles Parker
(Charles.Parker@statsvet.uu.se) or Christer Karlsson
(Christer.Karlsson@statsvet.uu.se).
Clipore hosted a conference on The 2008 US Presidential Election: What Might it Mean for International Climate Change Cooperation? on the 15th of October, three weeks ahead of the 2008 US presidential elections. The aim was to examine the potential impact that a new presidential administration might have concerning future efforts to address the climate change threat.
The next US president's climate protection agenda, regional and national climate policies in the US, and the potential for the US and the EU to provide joint leadership to address the challenge of climate change and forge a new post-Kyoto agreement were all among the issues that were addressed. To view the full program for the conference, please click here (pdf, 230 kB)
. PowerPoint documents of the presentations given at the seminar are published below.
US & EU Approaches to Climate Change: Allies or Adversaries? (powerpoint, 390 kB)
By Bo Kjellén — Stockholm Environment Institute, Christer Karlsson and Charles Parker — Department of Government, Uppsala University
The Next US President's Climate Change Agenda: Issues of Domestic and Foreign Policy (powerpoint, 2 MB)
By Ray Kopp — Resources for the Future, Washington DC
The Impossibility of Coordination in US Regional, National and International Policies? A Contrarian View (powerpoint, 110 kB)
By Dallas Burtraw — Resources for the Future, Washington DC
For more information, please contact Charlotte Nilsson on charlotte.nilsson@ivl.se or +46 8 598 563 10.
