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Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP)

CEPPThe Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP) at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) aims to bridge the gap between environmental theory and policy implementation.  It integrates interdisciplinary environmental theory and policy implementation through its seminars, workshops, and conferences. CEPP’s programs seek to educate, direct and motivate those in environmental public policy.  In particular, CEPP activities are geared to help fill the local and global need for competent environmental managers who are adept at policy-making within the context of limited and varying resources.

Recognizing that public policy is by nature interdisciplinary, CEPP aims to bring together faculty across the Berkeley campus.  It also draws on resources outside of the Berkeley campus through its Environmental Policy Practitioner in Residence and Visiting Lecturers programs.  Combined, this team represents some of the nation’s leading academic researchers, practitioners, and advocates of environmental public policy.  

Recently at CEPP:

  • CGPENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2012 - 2050:
    Business Transformation in Uncertain Policy Landscapes
    Location: Claremont Hotel Club & Spa.
    Date: March 29-30, 2012
    Carbon Governance Project Website

    The Carbon Governance Project (CGP) brings together thought and action leaders from California, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom in a dialogue on how to drive low carbon transformations through business considering uncertain policy landscapes. With a low carbon future relying on multiple actors working across multiple scales and timeframes, the CGP works to build on existing leading policy on climate change to create strong pathways forward. The CGP is an initiative of ISIS, Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in collaboration with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford and the CEPP at the University of California, Berkeley.

  • CEPPRealizing the Vision of a High-speed Rail System in California: Connecting People While Fostering Prosperity, Smart Growth and Sustainability
    A Public Policy, Transportation and Urban Planning Conference
    Location: Krutch Theater - Clark Kerr Conference Center – UC Berkeley
    Date: May 2-3, 2011
    Agenda and Presentations

    This conference aims to inform the next stage in policy design and implementation to develop a HSR system for California from a multidisciplinary perspective. It will do so by exploring HSR’s environmental impact vis-à-vis other transportation modes, local, regional and statewide economic opportunities, private involvement in financing, and lessons frominternational experiences with HSR. Come gather with top national and international researchers, business leaders, policy practitioners and experts to discuss the economic, environmental and urban development considerations that can maximize the benefits of HSR to California and help spur a prosperous green economy.

  • Environmental and Other Co-benefits of Developing a High Speed Rail System in California:
    A Prospective Vision 2010-2050
    Location: Faculty Club, UC Berkeley
    Date: December 2-3, 2010
    More Information | Working Papers

    This event gathered top national and international researchers and policy experts to discuss the environmental, economic and other effects of developing a HSR system in California. Going beyond predictions of ridership and financial viability of the project itself, this symposium introduced some of the non-market benefits and costs of HSR in California and was intended to inform more complete benefit-cost analyses.

  • Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer in the U.N. Climate NegotiationsConference on Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer in the U.N. Climate Negotiations
    Location: Sutardja Dai Hall, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), UC Berkeley
    Date: October 26-27, 2009
    More information

    The Center for Environmental Public Policy is convening a conference about one of the key stumbling blocks in the U.N. climate negotiations – the debate over the role of intellectual property rights in the transfer of emissions-reducing technologies to developing nations.

    The chief intent of this program is to facilitate expert discussion among clean tech stakeholders with the aim of preventing a negotiating impasse and controversy over IPR issues at the climate negotiations. The Copenhagen summit in December 2009 has the daunting task of drawing up a new climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, yet the chances of an agreement are increasingly uncertain.

  • Carbon MarketsA Carbon Markets Workshop for Mexican Business Leaders and Key Government Officials
    Location: Mexico City
    Date: August 20-21, 2009
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    This workshop will provide Mexico's business leaders and climate policy makers an opportunity to hear from world experts on the state of the carbon market. The two-day event will feature examinations of existing emission trading systems around the world and discussions of how Mexico could integrate into the emerging global carbon market. Other presentations will include a review of best practices, and market implementation strategies. Attendance is limited to fifty: register early to guarantee your spot.

  • Energy, Environment and Climate ChangeEnergy, Environment and Climate Change Forum
    Location: Mexico City, Mexico
    Date: August 24-25, 2009
    More information

    Attendance at this conference is by invitation only. The conference will provide government officials and other stakeholders with policy strategies to improve air quality and minimize the effects of climate change. Attendees will also review global case studies of complementing energy and development policies, and receive guidance from experts on implementing Climate Action Plans, fuel efficiency standards, and clean technologies.

CEPP Faculty

UCB Affiliates

Visiting Scholars

Contact Information

Phone: (510) 643-4762    Email: cepp@berkeley.edu

Topical Interests

  • Climate Change at Global and Regional Scales
  • R&D Policy in Developing and Developed Nations
  • Innovations in Environmental Technologies
  • Policies to Facilitate Distributive Power Generation and Clean Energy Systems
  • Water Policy and Politics
  • Environmental Agency Management
  • Not In My Backyard (NIMBY)
  • Regional Air Quality Policy
  • Environmental Policy Education
  • Environment, Trade and Green Markets
  • Corporate Environmental Management
  • Comparative Environmental Policy and Legal Structures
  • Environmental Quality Monitoring and Compliance
  • Environmental and Economic Development
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Last Updated:  09/15/2011