Capitol Hill Briefings

Hill Briefing on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

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.
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on the Three U.S. Regional Cap & Trade Initiatives

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.
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on How Allowance Value in a Cap-and-Trade System Should Be Used

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.
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on Agriculture and Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

Aug 25, 2009

This briefing presents different views on how allowance alue should be used, and key mechanisms for distributing it.
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on Carbon Market Design & Oversight in a U.S. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Cap-and-Trade System

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.
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on Carbon Market Design & Oversight in a U.S. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Cap-and-Trade System

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.
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on International Offsets

Apr 24, 2009

This briefing focuses on the role and function of international offsets in a mandatory GHG cap-and-trade system.
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on Allowance Value

Mar 27, 2009

This briefing presents views on the use of allowance value in a GHG cap-and-trade system.
Ministerial Briefing on European Climate Action

Mar 12, 2009
Climate Policy Hill Briefing on Domestic Offsets

Mar 6, 2009

This Congressional briefing outlines the role and function of domestic offsets in a mandatory GHG cap-and-trade system.

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