Description:

In response to shifts in energy and environmental priorities, market-based reforms, infrastructure investments, and research and development are solutions that would allow us to both tackle climate and environmental ambitions and support economic growth. The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution and Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago (EPIC) will co-host a forum exploring these policy options. The forum will include a series of roundtable discussions, with a focus on two new Hamilton Project policy proposals: a proposal by Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago), Cass Sunstein (Harvard University) and Sam Ori (University of Chicago) recommending a market-based solution for fuel economy regulation; and a proposal by Matthew Kahn (University of Southern California) offering policy options for enhancing urban resilience to new climate risk.