EVENT

US Climate Change Action: A Global Economic Perspective

Symposium co-organized by the Center for Global Development, Peterson Institute for International Economics, World Resources Institute, and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute
William R. Cline, Peterson Institute
Trevor Houser, Peterson Institute
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute

Senate Hart Building, Washington, DC

March 3, 2009

Summary

US legislators and business leaders met with experts on climate change economics and policy at the Capitol at a symposium held on March 3, 2009, to discuss the challenges and opportunities for US leadership on climate change.

The symposium, "US Climate Change Action: A Global Economic Perspective," was organized by three leading Washington think tanks, the Center for Global Development (CGD), the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and the World Resources Institute (WRI), together with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), which is chaired by the economist, Nicholas Stern. Senators Bingaman (D-NM), McCain (R-AZ), Snowe (R-ME) and Stabenow (D-MI) cosponsored the event. Among Institute participants were C. Fred Bergsten, William R. Cline, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, and Trevor Houser.

For more information on the symposium, including audio, video, and transcript, please visit the US Climate Symposium website.