The Distinguished Speaker Series on Climate Change - Fall 2008

The Berkeley Institute of the Environment and The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley would like to invite you to attend the Distinguished Speaker Lecture Series as part of the class on Environment and Technology from the Policy and Business Perspective, PP282

RSVP October 16 - Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol
Guest Speaker:
Mack McFarland, Environmental Fellow, DuPont Fluoroproducts, DuPont Corporation and IPCC author
Lecture will address the ozone layer, CFCs, climate change, and the science-policy interface.

RSVP October 21 - Climate Change, Politics, Business and Policy
Guest Speaker:
Bob Epstein, co-founder of Environmental Entrepreneurs and vice-Chair of the California Air Resources Board’s Global Warming Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee (ETAAC)
Lecture will address the role of business in leading efforts to find climate solutions, particularly in California.

RSVP October 30 - Renewable Generation in California
Guest Speaker:
Hal LaFlash, Director of Integrated Resource Planning and Policy for PG&E
Lecture will address the renewable generation challenges and opportunities in California, particularly from the utility perspective.

RSVP November 4 - Risks and Perceptions of Carbon Capture Storage
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Tom Grieb, Vice-President, Tetra Tech Consulting
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Doctoral Candidate, Energy and Resources Group
Presentations and discussion will focus on the risks and perceptions that will affect the potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology as a climate mitigation solution.  In particular, it will focus on the risk analyses for the four FutureGen finalist sites and the Restructured FutureGen effort, as well as on research results regarding perceptions of CCS.

Lectures: 12:30-2:00 pm, GSPP new building, room 250

Course Overview:
Most environmental issues involve technology, either in the role of “villain” or “hero.” This course uses the lens of specific technologies to survey environmental policy and management, particularly as they relate to the industries and socio-economic processes underlying innovation and technology-induced risk. The course includes case studies, guest practitioners, and a group project in which students employ a range of analytic tools and frameworks in order to develop creative, effective, and actionable environmental solutions given the complexities of policy-making with diverse interest groups.