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Programs Offered

Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP)

Environmental Policy Practitioner in Residence and Visiting Lecturers

Past CEPP-Sponsored Courses

Water Policy in the West

This course provides a survey of the history, legal framework, stakeholders and current pressing debates regarding the allocation of western water resources. Although much of the seminar focuses on California water policy issues, other regional issues are also addressed including those affecting the Pacific Northwest and the larger Colorado River Basin.

Co-Lecturers: Paul Stanton Kibel and Michael Hanemann
Location: GSPP
Offered: Fall 2005

Paul Stanton Kibel is a partner with the water and natural resources practice group at Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley in Oakland. He holds an LL.M. from U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall Law School and a B.A. from Colgate University. Since 2001 he has served as Co-Chair of the Natural Resources Subsection of the California State Bar, and he has previously taught Urban Environmental Policy at Stanford University and Golden Gate University School of Law. He is the author of the several books and articles relating to water policy.

Michael Hanemann is Professor of Agricultural Economics at U.C. Berkeley and with the faculty of GSPP.

A User’s Guide to the Making of Environmental Policy

This course explores the often overlooked details that policy makers encounter when creating environmental policy. This seminar hosted international guests from the World Bank, EPA, NGOs and other institutions working on environmental issues.

Lecturer: Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia
Location: GSPP
Offered: Fall 2001

Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia is an Environmental Policy Practitioner in Residence. Prior to his semester at GSPP, Dr. Belausteguigoitia served as the Planning Undersecretary at the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of the recent Zedillo administration. His responsibilities included environmental education and training, decentralization, environmental information and statistics, regional development, regulatory improvements and development programs. His office was the first Undersecretariat in the Mexican Government to be certified by the International Standards Organization (ISO).

Last Updated:  10/2008