6th Annual NBER Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference
Organized by Tatyana Deryugina, Matthew Kotchen, and Catherine Wolfram
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency
May 23, 2024
National Press Club, Washington DC

Thursday, May 23

Registration

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:15 am

Energy Policy Modeling Under Uncertainty: the Case of the Inflation Reduction Act

James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER
Aaron Smith, University of California, Davis

11:00 am

Rapid Increases in Methane Concentrations Following August 2020 Suspension of the US Methane Rule

Xinming Du, National University of Singapore
Muye Ru, Morgan Stanley
Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER

Lunch

12:00 n

Keynote Discussion: Inequality and the Value of a Statistical Life
Cass Sunstein, Harvard University and Senior Counselor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (available to in-person participants only)

Break

1:30 pm

Equity and Efficiency in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Adaptation Investments

Ivan Rudik, Cornell University and NBER
Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona and NBER
Antonia S. Marcheva, Cornell University

2:15 pm

Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025

John Bistline, EPRI
Kimberly A. Clausing, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Break

3:15 pm

Learning, Catastrophic Risk, and Ambiguity in the Climate Change Era

Frances C. Moore, University of California, Davis

4:00 pm

The Social Value of Temporary Carbon Removals and Delayed Emissions (slides)

Ben Groom Dr, University of Exeter Business School
Frank Venmans, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Adjourn