California’s unique urbanquality of
life entices millions to live and work here. But how will
climate
change impact our quality of life — and how could it impact
California’s economy?
What new business
opportunities do these anticipated challenges create? Could
capitalism help us to cope with many of the new problems we have
unleashed? How does California’s path breaking AB32 carbon
mitigation legislation help the state to adapt to changing
conditions? Could California’s willingness to be the “green
guinea pig” help to identify cost-effective policies that can be
enacted all around the world? And will California benefit
from being a ‘first-mover’?
Additional Reading/Links:
Climatopolis:
How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter FutureDr. Kahn’s Environmental Economic VideoWebcast viewers: Please send your questions during broadcast
to: coastalrm@calepa.ca.govView the Presentation HereSpeaker Biography
Matthew E. Kahn,
Ph.D., is
a Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, the Department of
Economics, the Department of Public Policy, the UCLA Anderson School of
Management and the UCLA School of Law. He is a research
associate
at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the
IZA. Before joining the UCLA faculty in January 2007,
he taught at Columbia and the Fletcher School at Tufts
University. He has served as a Visiting Professor at
Harvard and Stanford University and the National University of
Singapore. He is the author of Green Cities: Urban Growth and the
Environment (Brookings Institution Press 2006) and the co-author of
Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War (Princeton University Press
2008). Professor Kahn is the author of Climatopolis: How
Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter World (Basic Books 2010). His
research areas include; environmental, urban, energy and real
estate economics. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Chicago.Information taken from: California Air Resource Board Chair Lecture Series Webpage
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