Federal Events & Workshops
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Apr 25, 2013
Judi Greenwald speaks about enhanced oil recovery using captured carbon dioxide April 25 in New York City at The New York Times Energy for Tomorrow Conference: Building Sustainable Cities.
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Apr 24, 2012
Watch the videos of the low-carbon innovation forum.
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Feb 29, 2012
February 29-March 1 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Dec 2, 2011
This Capitol Hill lunch briefing with leading experts will examine extreme weather hazards, with a case study on the Texas drought, their relationship to changes in our climate, and how the country can better prepare for such events.
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May 25, 2011
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May 5, 2011
Featuring director Peter Byck on Thursday May 5, 2011 at 3pm
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Feb 24, 2011
A two-day workshop State and Federal Climate and Energy Policy: Where Do We Go from Here? on February 24 and 25, 2011, co-sponsored by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Georgetown Climate Center explored how state and federal governments can work together to chart a new path forward in climate and energy policy.
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Sep 16, 2010
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Mexican Embassy to the United States will hold a public briefing in Washington, DC, on the global climate change negotiations featuring Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, Special Representative for Climate Change, Mexico.
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Jun 30, 2010
Capitol Hill briefings on the 2010 hurricane season, which forecasters predict will produce between 14 and 23 named hurricanes - the most active season since 2005, when Hurricane Katrina and 27 other named storms swept the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Key discussion topics include risks an active hurricane season pose for energy-related infrastructure, for inland areas as storm surges push oil from the Gulf spill beyond beaches and marshland, and for stakeholders dealing with flooding in coastal communities in the Gulf and along the East Coast.
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Feb 12, 2010
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), The American Geophysical Union (AGU), The American Meteorological Society (AMS), The Ecological Society of America (ESA), and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change held a briefing on climate change impacts and adaptation.
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Jan 26, 2010
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change's Jay Gulledge explains why scientists must improve their assessments of risk in their analysis of climate change at the 90th American Meterological Society Annual Meeting.
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Dec 10, 2009
This event featured perspectives from senior U.S. policymakers and business and NGO representatives on the prospects for stronger domestic climate action in the United States and the implications for negotiating a post-2012 agreement.
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Nov 9, 2009
This briefing examines the status of the three U.S. regional greenhouse gas cap-and-trade programs and the appropriate state and federal roles in climate policy.
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Nov 3, 2009
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change hosted at the Barcolena Climate Change Talks 2009 to offer insights into the latest Congressional and regulatory efforts to reduce U.S. emissions, and outline recommendations for a comprehensive framework agreement in Copenhagen as a foundation for negotiating a ratifiable treaty.
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Sep 1, 2009
This briefing examines the status of the three U.S. regional greenhouse gas cap-and-trade programs and the appropriate state and federal roles in climate policy.
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Aug 25, 2009
This briefing presents different views on how allowance alue should be used, and key mechanisms for distributing it.
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Jun 26, 2009
This briefing addresses the role of agricultural offsets in energy and climate policy, the potential for bioenergy, and the impacts that agriculture could face from a changing climate.
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Jun 24, 2009
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change, National Association for Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center, and Pew Center on the States hosted a two-day workshop on State and Federal Action on Climate Change.
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Jun 8, 2009
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change held a Side Event at the Bonn Climate talks. The event features perspectives on the latest developments on cap-and-trade legislation and federal regulatory actions, and implications for the international climate negotiations.
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May 1, 2009
This briefing discusses issues in the development and oversight of a well-functioning carbon commodity market. These topics include overall market design, options for the choice of regulator, the derivatives market, the Over-the-Counter (OTC) market, and the rules and enforcement necessary to prevent market manipulation and abuses.