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arbcombo -- Wednesday Chair’s Lecture: Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States
Posted: 12 May 2015 10:53:59
Presentation is available for downloading!. Jim Williams, Ph.D. Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) Wednesday, May 13, 2015 1:30 pm, PDT (WEBCAST) Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California Dr. Williams’ timely lecture follows the announcement of an aggressive greenhouse gas reduction target for California. On April 29, 2015, Governor Brown signed Executive Order B-30-15 which established a greenhouse gas reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. This 2030 target represents reductions needed to ensure California can achieve its larger 2050 target of a reduction of greenhouse gases 80 percent below 1990 levels. Is it possible to deeply reduce carbon emissions in the United States while maintaining a vigorous economy? Dr. Jim Williams will present results from a recent study by Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that assesses the technical and economic feasibility of reducing US greenhouse gas emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. It is based on detailed sector by sector, region by region, year by year analysis of the infrastructure changes, technology requirements, and costs of a low carbon transition. The work was sponsored by the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, an international collaboration of research teams from the 15 largest GHG emitting nations, who are developing long-term scenarios for decarbonization in their own countries. This project aims to bring momentum to the climate dialogue by providing decision makers a more concrete understanding of what limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius would mean for their countries, states, and businesses. In parallel with the US analysis, Dr. Williams and the E3 team used a similar modeling framework to evaluate options for 2030 GHG emission targets for California. For more go to the announcement at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/lectures/speakers/williams/williams.htm Main menu: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/lectures/lectures.htm For “external” users please check the external webcast calendar at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 Please send your-e-mail for the Q&A participation to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov For more information on this seminar presentation please contact: Kathleen Kozawa at (916) 323-2999 or Kathleen.Kozawa@arb.ca.gov For more information on the Chairs Lecture Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or Peter.Mathews@arb.ca.gov To receive notices for upcoming Lectures please go to: http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv_ind.php?listname=lectures and sign up for the lectures list serve. California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: cc, energyaudits, lcfs, lectures, localaction, research, seminars.