NYU Wagner
“Carbon Pricing and Innovation in a World of Political Constraints”
March 19-20, 2020 (by invitation only)
Download workshop report (PDF).
Citation:
Jenkins, Jesse D., Leah Stokes, and Gernot Wagner (Eds). 2020. “Carbon Pricing and Innovation in a World of Political Constraints.” Workshop Report.
Related:
“Policy workshop addressed promises and challenges of using carbon pricing to combat climate change,” Washington Center for Equitable Growth, 15 April 2021.
Workshop organized by Jesse Jenkins, Leah Stokes, and Gernot Wagner and hosted by NYU Wagner. Thanks to Hewlett and Sloan Foundations as well as the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Niskanen Center for generous support. (Subsequent workshop on the “Social cost of Carbon in U.S. Policy-Making.”)
Agenda (remote only; all times are Eastern Daylight Time)
Day 1: Thursday, March 19, 2020
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome, framing, and quick introductions
9:15 – 9:45 am Panel 1: Setting the stage: motivations and goals for the workshop – taking stock of the past decade(s) of experience and research on the economic, political and technological effects of carbon pricing and innovation in a world of political constraints — Gernot Wagner, Leah Stokes & Jesse Jenkins
9:45 – 9:55 am Respondents — Bracken Hendricks & Barry Rabe
9:55 – 10:25 am Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:45 am Panel 2: Lessons learned from around the world
– Europe: Julius Anderson & Tobias Schmidt
– Canada: Gerald Butts & Andrew Leach
11:45 – 11:55 am Respondents: Stephane Hallegate & Carolyn Fischer
11:55 am – 12:15 pm Discussion
12:15 – 12:30 pm Break
12:30 – 1:15 pm Lunch conversation with John Podesta and Jerry Taylor with moderation from Robinson Meyer: policymaking during times of crisis – lessons from the past decade
1:15 – 1:30 pm Break
1:30 – 2:20 pm Panel 3: US federal context and lessons learned from the US experience
– Federal regulatory context: Ricky Revesz
– Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Leigh Raymond
– California: Danny Cullenward
– Washington State: Sam Ricketts
2:20 – 2:25 pm Respondents: Adele Morris
2:25 – 2:55 pm Discussion
2:55 – 3:10 pm Break
3:10 – 3:50 pm Panel 4: Carbon pricing design and political feasibility given empirical evidence: what do we know about the limits to household willingness to pay for climate policy, and how is this affected by instrument choice, policy framing, and public communication strategies? How is the politics of carbon pricing impacted by economic crises and recession and expansion periods?
– Kathryn Harrison
– Matto Mildenberger
– Liam Beiser-McGrath
– Marc Hafstead
3:50 – 3:55 pm Respondent — Noah Kaufman
3:55 – 4:30 pm Discussion
4:30 – 5:00 pm Closing observations for day 1 and discussion: What was missing today? What to address tomorrow? — led by David Hawkins
Day 2, Friday, March 20, 2020
9:00 – 9:55 am Panel 5: The role of innovation and industrial policy in a politically-constrained context: how can policy accelerate cost reductions for clean energy and climate mitigation options?
– Valerie Karplus
– Greg Nemet
– Wei Peng
– Ken Gillingham
– Kelly Sims Gallagher
9:55 – 10:05 am Respondent: Erin Baker
10:05 – 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:30 am Panel 6: Policy sequencing, policy design, and equity
– Kate Ricke
– Ed Barbier
– Jessica Green
– Kerene Tayloe
– Jonas Meckling
11:30 – 11:35 am Respondent: Julian Brave NoiseCat
11:35 am – 12:10 pm Practitioners’ reactions to the panels — kicked off by Natalie Mebane
12:10 – 12:30 pm Closing discussion – What do we still need to know? Future research Agenda? Follow-up workshop? Plan for the workshop public report?
Participants
Economists:
Julius Andersson
Ed Barbier
Carolyn Fischer
Ken Gillingham
Marc Hafstead
Stephane Hallegatte
Noah Kaufman
Andrew Leach
Adele Morris
Gernot Wagner
Political Scientists:
Michaël Aklin
Sydney Bartone
Liam Beiser-McGrath
Santiago Cunial
Jessica Green
Kathryn Harrison
Alex Hertel-Fernandez
Jared Finnegan
Matto Mildenberger
Jonas Meckling
Barry Rabe
Leigh Raymond
Leah Stokes
Energy Systems and Innovation:
Erin Baker
Michael Davidson
Jesse Jenkins
Valerie Karplus
Greg Nemet
Wei Peng
Jacquelyn Pless
Kate Ricke
Tobias Schmidt
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Lawyers:
Danny Cullenward
Michael Gerrard
Alice Kaswan
Ricky Revesz
Narayan Subramanian
NGOs, government, foundations, advocacy:
Elke Asen
Heather Boushey
Julian Brave NoiseCat
Alex Brill
Gerald Butts
Austin Clemens
Adam Falk
Jane Flegal
Josh Freed
David Hawkins
Bracken Hendricks
Jerry Hinkle
Suzi Kerr
Jacob Leibenluft
Joseph Majkut
Natalie Mebane
Evan Michelson
Caroline Normille
Shuting Pomerleau
John Podesta
Dan Reeves
Sam Ricketts
Catrina Rorke
Casey Schoeneberger
Kerene Tayloe
Jerry Taylor
Lindsey Walter
Lee Wasserman
Journalists (Chatham House Rule):
Rob Meyer, The Atlantic
David Roberts, Vox
Lisa Song, ProPublica
David Wallace-Wells, NY Mag