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CEQA and Climate Change

Partnering with Local Agencies to Combat Global Warming

Oakland Presentations

Thursday, March 20th 2008 — Oakland, CA Local Host: Mayor Pamela Torliatt, City of Petaluma
9:00 am	*Registration*
9:45 am	*Attorney Generals Keynote: Urgency of Global Warming*
9:45 am	Jerry Brown, CA Attorney General
10:15 am	*The Critical Role of Local Government*
10:15 am	Mary Nichols, CA Air Resources Board
10:45 am	*Approach under CEQA*
10:45 am	Overview on the Fundamentals of Evaluating and Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Projects Subject to CEQA: Thresholds, Modeling Emissions, and Mitigation Barbara Lee, CAPCOA Evaluating & Addressing GHG Emissions from Projects (PPT 748 KB) Mike McCoy & Bob Johnston, UC Davis Projecting Energy and GHGs for General Plans (PPT 1.6 MB) Sydney Coatsworth & Curtis Alling, EDAW CEQA Mitigation and Planning Policy for Climate Change Response (PDF 1.5 MB)
12:15 pm	*Networking Lunch*
1:00 pm	*Local Government Assistance*
1:00 pm	Brooke Lee, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability (PPT 7 MB) Ana Sandoval, BAAQMD Climate Protection Assistance to Bay Area Local Governments (PPT 404 KB)
1:45 pm	*Case Studies*
1:45 pm	Regional, countywide, city and project specific case studies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Kammen, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory Ann Hancock, Climate Protection Campaign Jake Mackenzie, Mayor of Rohnert Park Steve Lawton, City of Hercules Climate, CEQA and the shape of California Cities - Hercules (PDF 3.6 MB) New Urban News Article (PDF 2.1MB) CPDR Interview part 1 (PDF 1 MB) CPDR Interview part 2 (PDF 540 KB) Transit Oriented Draft Handout (PDF 772 KB) Density and Intensity Analysis (PDF 276 KB)
3:15 pm	*Coffee Break*
3:30 pm	*Zero Emission Development and How To Achieve It*
3:30 pm	Jim Heid, President and Founder, UrbanGreen Challenges, Realities and Potential Futures (PPT 1.1 MB)
4:00 pm	*Concluding Keynote*
4:00 pm	Jeremy Madsen, San Francisco Foundation Closing keynote (PDF 21.3 MB)
4:30 pm	*Adjourn*

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