- Montag, 31. Januar 2011 13.00 – 14.30 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Bridging the Gap
How Cities and States Can Foster Low Carbon Growth and Contribute to National Climate Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities in Europe and the United States
Light lunch will be provided
Since the 2010 Midterm elections, the prospect of major climate and energy legislation emerging from Capitol Hill has dimmed. With the 112th Congress, the climate community has shifted its attention to U.S. states and cities, with high hopes that local initiatives allow the United States to meet its Copenhagen pledge of reducing CO2 emissions by 17 percent until 2020 (base year 2005).
By implementing low carbon fuel standards, renewable portfolios and regional cap-and-trade programs, state and local governments have always played an important role in setting the national energy agenda. The year 2011 will present new challenges, however, as states face unprecedented budget deficits and must find a way to balance competing urgent spending priorities while enhancing local competitiveness and to creating jobs in the low carbon economy of the future.
Cities and states in Europe have faced similar choices. Some, like the state of Saxony in Eastern Germany, have found ways to develop local policies that successfully attract investments in and train workers for renewable energies, out of which has emerged the so called “Solar Valley” – one of Europe’s major hubs of the photovoltaic industry. Please join us for this timely discussion on challenges and opportunities in developing local and regional strategies for low carbon growth and climate mitigation.
Speakers:
Gisela Kallenbach, Speaker for Environment, Urban Development and European Politics, parliamentary group Alliance 90/The Green Party, Saxony, Germany
Art von Lehe, Senior Policy Officer, ICLEI USA
Steve Winkelman, Director of Transportation and Adaptation Programs, CCAP (invited)
Moderator: Tamar Shapiro, Director of Comparative Domestic Policy, German Marshall Fund of the US For questions please contact Julianne Stern at JStern@gmfus.org or Till Koetter at till@boell.org Please RSVP to jstern@gmfus.org
This project is a cooperation of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Heinrich Boell Foundation.
This project is supported by the the European Commission. The EC is not responsible for the content of the project.
Since the 2010 Midterm elections, the prospect of major climate and energy legislation emerging from Capitol Hill has dimmed. With the 112th Congress, the climate community has shifted its attention to U.S. states and cities, with high hopes that local initiatives allow the United States to meet its Copenhagen pledge of reducing CO2 emissions by 17 percent until 2020 (base year 2005).
By implementing low carbon fuel standards, renewable portfolios and regional cap-and-trade programs, state and local governments have always played an important role in setting the national energy agenda. The year 2011 will present new challenges, however, as states face unprecedented budget deficits and must find a way to balance competing urgent spending priorities while enhancing local competitiveness and to creating jobs in the low carbon economy of the future.
Cities and states in Europe have faced similar choices. Some, like the state of Saxony in Eastern Germany, have found ways to develop local policies that successfully attract investments in and train workers for renewable energies, out of which has emerged the so called “Solar Valley” – one of Europe’s major hubs of the photovoltaic industry. Please join us for this timely discussion on challenges and opportunities in developing local and regional strategies for low carbon growth and climate mitigation.
Speakers:
Gisela Kallenbach, Speaker for Environment, Urban Development and European Politics, parliamentary group Alliance 90/The Green Party, Saxony, Germany
Art von Lehe, Senior Policy Officer, ICLEI USA
Steve Winkelman, Director of Transportation and Adaptation Programs, CCAP (invited)
Moderator: Tamar Shapiro, Director of Comparative Domestic Policy, German Marshall Fund of the US For questions please contact Julianne Stern at JStern@gmfus.org or Till Koetter at till@boell.org Please RSVP to jstern@gmfus.org
This project is a cooperation of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Heinrich Boell Foundation.
This project is supported by the the European Commission. The EC is not responsible for the content of the project.