Measuring the Social Cost of Carbon: The Promise and Pitfalls of Using the SCC to Justify Regulation
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The Social Cost of Carbon tool assesses the economic costs of greenhouse gas emissions. Our panel of experts will offer a primer on the tool and debate the advantages and shortcomings of relying on it as a factor in agency decision-making.
- Richard Ayres is among the nation’s most knowledgeable and well-respected environmental attorneys and policy makers. He has significantly shaped the country's environmental policies, including the Clean Air Act, and their implementation.
- Dr. Kevin D. Dayaratna specializes in tax, energy and health policy issues as Senior Statistician and Research Programmer in The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis (CDA). An applied statistician, he has researched and published on the use of high-powered statistical models in public policy.
- Dr. Laurie Johnson is the chief economist at NRDC's climate and clean air program in Washington, DC. She focuses on modeling the costs and benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the impacts of environmental regulation on employment, economic analyses of regulation by industry, and macroeconomic modeling of climate change legislation and its distributional impacts.
- Patrick Traylor practices in the area of environmental law, with a particular focus on the Clean Air Act, environmental litigation, and energy infrastructure development and climate change.
Speakers:
- Richard Ayres, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, managing partner, Ayres Law Group LLP
- Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, Heritage Foundation
- Dr. Laurie Johnson, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Patrick Traylor, partner, Hogan Lovells
- Jessica Olson, Ayres Law Group LLP (moderator)
There is a $5-$20 fee for all attendees (except law students). In-person attendees may bring a brown-bag lunch.
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