Climate Events
What's Next for U.S. Climate Change Policy
William Pizer, a faculty fellow in Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and an associate professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, will give a talk on the current debate and implications of anthropogenic climate change.
Conference: Navigating the American Carbon World
2012 will be a momentous year. The world will be watching California as it launches its cap-and-trade program, which will be the first economy-wide program in the U.S. and the second largest carbon market in the world.
Southeastern Coastal Wind Conference
The Southeast has good wind energy resources in coastal and offshore areas. The Southeastern Coastal Wind Conference, being held in Charlotte on March 8 and 9, will connect experts together from academia, government, nonprofits and industry to discuss wind energy resources.
Water and Energy: Improving Access Through Small Scale Solutions
The Student International Discussion Group will host a Spring Symposium titled "Water and Energy: Improving Access Through Small Scale Solutions."
Energy Speaker Series Film Screening
"Haynesville: A Nation's Hunt for an Energy Future," screening and Conversation with filmmaker Gregory Kallenberg.
International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group
Brian Murray, director for economic analysis, will present on lessons learned from REDD+ financing at the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group meeting.
Managing Coastal Ecosystems for Climate Mitigation
Brian Murray, director for economic analysis, will represent the Institute at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa.
Office Hours with Brian Murray
Representatives from many of the world's countries are gathering for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, Nov. 28-Dec. 9. to review progress on the Kyoto Protocol and possibly negotiate other agreements about greenhouse gas emissions.
Tackling Tomorrow's Energy Challenges Today: A Southeastern Symposium
The Southeastern United States is faced with several energy transitions in the coming years. Existing energy generation infrastructure is aging. New energy imperatives—domestic, low-carbon, renewable— increasingly play into discussions about the composition of our future portfolio. Decisions on where our energy should come from will necessarily be made in the context of other goals and objectives: jobs, affordability, water, and air quality.
Lecture: California Climate Policy for Vehicles, Fuels, and VMT
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a presentation by Daniel Sperling, Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis. Sperling is recognized as a leading expert on transportation technology assessment, energy and environmental aspects of transportation, and transportation policy.
Stan Riggs on The Battle for North Carolina's Coast
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions will host a talk by Stan Riggs of East Carolina University.
Lecture: The Electricity System Implications of Flexible CO2 Capture
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend this presentation by Stuart Cohen.
Energy and Sustainability Conference 2011
Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak on a panel focused on climate change at the Energy and Sustainability Conference September 16.
Forum: Critical Links Between Clean Energy, National Security
Please join national security leaders and local energy experts to discuss the critical links between our country’s energy use and national security.
Trailing the Dragon: China, the U.S. and the $2.3 Trillion Energy Market
Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and Third Way invite you to an idea forum to discuss China's emerging power in the clean energy sector and learnable lessons for how the United States can compete in a more intense clean energy race.
Bill Holman - North Carolina Coastal Federation Energy Summit
Bill Holman, director of state policy at the Nicholas Institute, will take part in a panel discussion on green coastal energy policy at the North Carolina Coastal Federation's Energy Summit in New Bern June 24.
Brian Murray Presents at CARB's Public Workshop on REDD
Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné, Model Uncertainty and Policy Making
Alan Abramson, Carbon Markets Initiative
Denny Ellerman, Frank Convery and Christian de Perthuis, Pricing Carbon: The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
Emissions Trading Scheme: For more information on the book, Pricing Carbon http://www.amazon.com/Pricing-Carbon-European-Emissions-Trading/dp/0521196477




