Post-Paris Carbon Policy – Implications and Opportunities for the U.S. and the Globe

“Post-Paris Carbon Policy – Implications and Opportunities for the U.S. and the Globe”, a panel discussion, was presented to a public audience on February 24, 2016 at the University of Wyoming Conference Center

Moderator Jean Garrison along with panelists Michele Betsill, Jeane Hull, Sam Kalen, David Lawrence, Ricardo “Rick” Nogueira, and Charles “Chuck” Mason discuss “Post-Paris Carbon Policy – Implications and Opportunities for the U.S. and the Globe.” This panel discussion brings together academic, government, and industry voices to look at global and national implications and opportunities resulting from the Paris COP21 process. The panel discusses the status of international cooperation on carbon policy following the COP21 negotiations, energy policy nationally and the need to address the reality of carbon regulation in the US generally, and strategies available to US businesses to adjust to these changes.

Moderator Jean Garrison is the Director of the Center for Global Studies and Professor of International Studies and Political Studies, University of Wyoming

Panelists include:
Michele Betsill, Department Chair and Professor in the Department of Political Science and founder and co-leader of the Environmental Governance Working Group, Colorado State University

Jeane Hull, Retired Executive VP and Chief Technical Officer, Peabody Energy and Member of the UW Energy
Resources Council

Sam Kalen is the Winston S. Howard Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Law and
Energy Resources in the Rockies, University of Wyoming
David Lawrence, Chairman of Lawrence Energy Group LLC and Chairman of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute Advisory Board

Ricardo “Rick” Nogueira, Climate Finance Team Lead in the Office of Global Change at the U.S. Department
of State

Charles “Chuck” Mason, H. A. “Dave” True, Jr. Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics in the Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming

Sponsors of the panel discussion are: UW School of Energy Resources, UW Center for Global Studies, UW Center for Law and Energy Resources in the Rockies, and Haub School of Environment Natural Resources.

A Production of University of Wyoming Television
Outreach Technology Services
Producer: Ali Grossman / UWTV
©2016 University of Wyoming

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