Economic Strategy Group Webinar - Policy Options for Addressing Climate Change
Offered By: The Aspen Institute via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Explore policy options for addressing climate change in this comprehensive webinar from The Aspen Institute's Economic Strategy Group. Delve into the risks of climate change, various policy ideas, and response modes while understanding that there's no single magic bullet solution. Examine the political feasibility of proposed strategies, California's climate impacts, and the concept that climate change mitigation is about decisions, not physics. Investigate multiprong strategies, the effects on states like Florida, and the role of private pricing and financial disclosure frameworks. Learn about carbon dividends, bipartisan action, and the debate between carbon taxes and incentives vs. regulation. Address budget pressures, climate change's impact on wildfires, and controversial topics like geoengineering and solar engineering. Conclude with a discussion on governance issues and initiatives like the Trillion Tree Initiative in this informative 65-minute session.
Syllabus
Intro
The Risks of Climate Change
Policy Ideas
Response Modes
No Single Magic Bullet
Is it politically feasible
Californias climate impacts
Are we all doomed
Decisions not physics
Multiprong strategy
Florida
Flooded House
Leading Indicator
Private Pricing
Financial Disclosure Framework
Selling Carbon Dividends
Bipartisan Action
Carbon Tax
Incentives vs Regulation
Budget Pressures
Question of the Day
Climate Change and Fire
Geo Engineering
Solar Engineering Sharing
Governance Issues
Trillion Tree Initiative
Taught by
The Aspen Institute
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