Making Climate Change Policy Work in Difficult Economic Times Conference - Opening Plenary

Description: Making climate change policy work in difficult economic times - Opening Plenary

Opening Plenary: Climate Change, Economic and Carbon Pricing Overview

This was the opening plenary of the May 5th conference, Making Climate Change Policy Work in Difficult Economic Times. PowerPoint presentations by these and other conference speakers will be available at http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/greenjobs/climatechange/2009/index.shtml

Opening remarks: Carol Zabin, UC Berkeley Labor Center

Art Pulaski, California Labor Federation Bob Balgenorth, State Building and Construction Trades Council

Opening Plenary Moderator: Andrea Buffa, UC Berkeley Labor Center

Opening Plenary Speakers: Payal Parekh, International Rivers Dan Kammen, UC Berkeley Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory Holmes Hummel, 2008 Congressional Science Fellow

Sponsor details: This event was sponsored by the UC Berkeley Labor Center (http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu) with Apollo Alliance, California Labor Federation's Workforce and Economic Development Program, California State Building and Construction Trades Council, Don Vial Center on Employment in the Green Economy, Energy Foundation, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, and Western Climate Advocates Network (WeCAN). Funding was provided by the Energy Foundation, French American Charitable Trust, and Pacific Gas and Electric.