Climate Change Discussion

For the Sacramento Region’s Elected Officials, County Executives and City Managers

Date: January 31, 2008, Sacramento, CA

Agenda (PDF, 636 KB) | Climate Change Resources & Presentations

The Workshop

This event focus on the topic of global climate change and the potential air quality, land use, and economic impacts in the Sacramento Region. The target audience of city and county elected officials, county executives and city managers had the opportunity to question speakers and engage in a dialogue regarding effective steps jurisdictions in the Sacramento region can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the city and county level.

Featured Topics included:

• The basic science behind climate change and its affects on the Sacramento Region.
• Addressing the California Environmental Quality Act and the effects of AB 32.
• What cities and counties are doing to take on the CEQA challenge.
• Cost effective actions cities can take to reduce greenhouse emissions.
• Actions being taken in the Sacramento region to advance and support innovative green business.

This event included a special exercise where city and county elected officials, county executives and city managers identified which issues are important for the region and the tools and resources they would like available to reduce greenhouse emissions. The results of this exercise are available on the resources page.

Sponsors

Cosponsors

Placer County Air Pollution Control District • Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District

Backers

City of Sacramento • County of Sacramento • El Dorado County Air Quality Management District • Feather River Air Quality Management District • League of Women Voters • Local Government Commission

On the Agenda

Keynote speakers:

• James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board, will talk about the critical need to address climate change and the Air Resources Board’s role in meeting climate change goals.
• Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Chair, California Energy Commission, will share how land use decisions made by local governments affect greenhouse gas emissions, and the critical importance of local government leadership in reaching the goals of AB 32.

Speakers

• Dr. Phil Duffy, Physicist & Director of the Institute for Research on Climate Change and its Societal Impacts, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Curtis Alling, AICP, Vice President, EDAW, Inc., with expertise in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
• Mayor Sam Pierce, City of Sebastopol, with a key role in the development of Green House Gas Reduction Plans for the City of Sebastopol
• Garrett Fitzgerald, Director of Programs, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
• Barbara Hayes, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Commerce & Trade Organization (SACTO)

Resources

To download the presentations from the workshop and to continue the discussion on climate change please click here.