Mon, January 29, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ASIAN CENTRE. Free. Join us at Professor Mark Jaccard’s talk about climate policy options for the reduction of greenhouse gasses.
Venue: UBC Asian Centre – Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, B.C V6T 1Z2. (Note: This is a new venue to accommodate more seating.)
Light refreshments offered.
This talk is now sold out.
Watch the livestream of the event here: https://mediasitemob1.mediagroup.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/2d3d73007f5842eaa...
Synopsis: Explicit carbon pricing policies (carbon tax, cap-and-trade) are frequently described as the optimal way to achieve GHG reduction targets. But real-world evidence suggests that politicians who are serious about accelerating GHG reduction also employ implicit carbon pricing (command-and-control regulations, flexible regulations). This talk combines evidence from real-world climate policy experiences, political science research on public support for difference types of policies, and economic analysis of comparative climate policy cost-effectiveness to evaluate our climate policy options for accelerating GHG reduction. Evidence is primarily drawn from experiences and research in Canada and California.
About Mark Jaccard: (on Twitter @MarkJaccard and blogging at markjaccard.com)
Mark has been professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, since 1986, with one interruption from 1992-97 while he served as Chair and CEO of the British Columbia Utilities Commission.
Co-sponsored by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).