Climate Policy Approaches: The Roles of Trading, Voluntary Programs and Registries

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions
Jack Riggs, Aspen Institute
Allan Wallis, Wirth Chair
Marshall Kaplan, Wirth Chair
Richard Sandor, Chairman and CEO, Chicago Climate Exchange

8:40 a.m.

Greenhouse Gas Reductions: A Worldwide Opportunity
Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation

Discussion

9:30 a.m.

GHG Reductions: A Market Approach and Compliment to Voluntary Programs
Richard Sandor, Chairman and CEO, Chicago Climate Exchange

Discussion

10:30 a.m.

Greenhouse Gas Reductions: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed
Robert Card, Undersecretary for Energy, Science and the Environment, U.S. Department of Energy

Discussion

11:30 a.m.

Break

11:50 a.m.

Luncheon
The Public Policy Framework for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

1:00 p.m.

State and Regional Registries: Policy Implications
Diane Wittenberg, President, California Climate Action Registry (CCAR)
Ken Colburn, Executive Director, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)

Discussion

2:00 p.m.

Registries, Trading and Voluntary Programs: How can they help build more effective policy?

Discussion

3:30 p.m.

Wrap up and Summary

3:45 p.m.

Adjourn