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Checking the Climate Policy Pulse: A Panel Discussion

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Friday, January 24, 2025 - 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Location
Field Auditorium, Grainger Hall
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November 2024 was a momentous month for both domestic and international climate policy. U.S. national elections, which consolidated Republican control of Congress and the presidency, left questions about the future of federal climate and clean energy policies implemented under the Biden Administration. Leaders from across the world subsequently convened in Azerbaijan for COP29, where two weeks of international climate change negotiations centered on a contentious climate finance debate and a yielded a much maligned agreement.

This two-part panel discussion will first examine the outcomes of COP29 and look ahead to future international climate goals and priorities. It will then explore what the future may hold for domestic climate policy, including the durability--or lack thereof--of federal climate policies such as those contained in the Inflation Reduction Act, and examine opportunities for state- and local-level progress.

A reception with food and drink will follow.

Organized by the Nicholas School of the Environment and Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability.

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Panel 1. Looking Back: COP29 in review

  • Moderator: Jackson Ewing (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability and Nicholas School of the Environment)
  • Tyler Felgenhauer (Pratt School of Engineering) 
  • Eni Owoeye, M.P.P. '25 (Sanford School of Public Policy) 
  • Clara Park (Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences)

Panel 2. Looking Ahead: The Future of U.S. Climate Policy

  • Moderator: Lori Bennear (Nicholas School of the Environment)
  • Timothy Johnson (Nicholas School of the Environment)
  • Brian Murray (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability; Nicholas School of the Environment; and Sanford School of Public Policy) 
  • Shannon Parker M.E.M./M.B.A. '21 (Nicholas School of the Environment)