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CEQA and Climate Change

Partnering with Local Agencies to Combat Global Warming

Sacramento Presentations

Thursday, April 3rd 2008 — Sacramento, CA Local Hosts: Mayor Heather Fargo, City of Sacramento & Councilmember Tom Cosgrove, City of Lincoln
9:00 am	*Registration*
9:45 am	*Attorney General's 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	Chuck Shulock, 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 CEQA and Climate Change (PDF 1.4 MB) Sydney Coatsworth, EDAW CEQA Mitigation and Planning Policy for Climate Change Response (PDF 40.6 MB) Gordon Garry, SACOG An Overview of Transportation and CO2 Emissions Modeling (PDF 960 KB)
12:15 pm	*Networking Lunch*
1:00 pm	*Local Government Assistance*
1:00 pm	Brooke Lee , ICLEI Taking on the Climate Challenge (PDF 8 MB) Mike McKeever, SACOG SACOG Planning and Climate Change (PDF 62.7 MB) Moderator: Roland Risser, PG&E
2:00 pm	*Case Studies*
2:00 pm	Regional, countywide, city and project specific case studies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Mayor Heather Fargo, City of Sacramento Roger Dickinson, Sacramento County Climate Change Thresholds (PDF 6.8 MB) Christopher Cabaldon, West Sacramento Moderator: Obadiah Bartholomy, SMUD
3:15 pm	*Coffee Break*
3:30 pm	*Zero Emission Development and How To Achieve It*
3:30 pm	Kirstie Moore, Coddington Enterprise Restorative Development: Developing a One Planet Community (PDF 22.9 MB)
4:00 pm	*Concluding Keynote*
4:00 pm	Dan Sperling, UC Davis
4:30 pm	*Adjourn*

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