EPS

The energy and climate policy research seminar aims to enhance intellectual exchange among faculty and students by providing a forum to discuss research and policy topics related to the international and domestic dimensions of energy and climate change policy. Speakers will include members of the Georgetown community as well as invited faculty and practitioners from the Washington area and beyond.

EPS Fall 2021 Schedule

09/23 – Jonas Nahm, SAIS

10/28 – Brian Prest, Resources for the Future

Past EPS Talks

Robert Bradley, Implementing the Paris Agreement: Insights from Supporting Country Action – February 20, 2020

Justin Wu, Asia’s Energy Transition During Climate’s Decisive Decade – January 15, 2020

Michael Oppenheimer, Adapting to Sea Level Rise: Short Memories, Long Time Frames, Perverse Incentives – November 20, 2019

Roberton Williams, How Research Informs Policy Advocacy: Modeling the Effects of the Climate Leadership Council’s Carbon Dividends Plan – October 9, 2019

Stefanie Onder, How do Farmers Adapt to Natural Disasters and Climate Change? Evidence from India – September 25, 2019

Barbara Finemore, Will China Save the Planet? – March 20, 2019

Dallas Burtraw, Quantities with Prices: Evaluating a New Proposal to Make the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative More Robust – February 20, 2019

Ken Gillingham, Trump’s Fuel Economy Standard Rollback and New Evidence on Consumer Valuation of Fuel Economy – January 25, 2019

Jennifer Hadden, Beyond Coal? Exploring Variations in Global Protests Against Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants – November 15, 2018

Lisa Friedman, Covering Climate Change in the Age of Donald Trump – October 18, 2018

Katalin Springel, How to Subsidize Electric Vehicles – September 12, 2018

Stephane Hallegatte, Measuring Resilience to Natural Disasters – April 10, 2018

Katherine Hamilton, The Energy Transition: Tipping Point, Black Hole, or Smooth Sailing? – March 13, 2018

Claire Brunel, Two Birds, One Stone? Local Pollution Regulation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions – February 6, 2018

Julia Kirch Kirkegaard, Insights from China’s Wind Power Industry and Inherent Controversies of Chinese Industrial Upgrading – November 7, 2017

Joe Aldy, The Political Economy of Pricing Carbon for a 2C World – October 17, 2017