Governor's Commission on Climate Change

Presentations

June 17, 2008: Fifth Commission on Climate Change meeting

• Adapting to Climate Change Impacts (PDF), Nikki Rovner, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources
• Summary of Mid-Atlantic State Climate Action Plans (PDF), Paula Jasinski, NOAA
• Actions to address climate change being undertaken by Virginia localities:
  • Starting a Green Government Program in Your Community (PDF), Kenneth Cronin, City of Roanoke Director of General Services
  • Virginia Municipal League’s “Go Green” Initiative (PDF), Jay Fisette, Arlington County Board and President of the Virginia Municipal League
• Green Building Methods that Reduce Energy Use (PDF), Elizabeth Schilling, U.S. Green Building Council
• Providing Transportation Choices to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF), Petra Mollet, American Public Transportation Association
• The Connection Between Climate Change And Development Patterns:
  • Urban Development and Climate Change (PDF), John V. Thomas, Ph.D., Development Community and Environment Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Climate Change and Development Patterns (PDF), Eric J. Walberg, Principal Planner, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
• Carbon Capture and Storage (PDF), Michael Karmis, Stonie Barker Professor, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering & Director, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, Virginia Tech

May 13, 2008: Fourth Commission on Climate Change meeting

• Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation (PDF), Nan Humphrey, Senior Staff Officer, Transportation Research Board
  • Handout
• The Potential Impacts of Global Sea Level Rise on Transportation, Infrastructure Phase 1 - Final Report: the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia (PDF), Chris Munson, Senior Manager, Technology & Management Solutions ICF International
• National Security and the Threat of Climate Change (PDF), Edward T. Morehouse Jr., CNA study team
• Impacts of Climate Change on the Insurance Industry (PDF), Elizabeth Costle, former Vermont Commissioner of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration
• Economic Opportunities Associated with Climate Change: Emerging Technologies
  • Solar (PDF), Travis Bradford, Prometheus Institute
  • Algal biofuel (PDF), Pat Hatcher, Old Dominion University
  • Geo-engineering (PDF), David Schnare, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
  • Biodiesel (PDF), Dean Price, Red Birch Energy
  • Energy Efficiency (PDF), Diane Munns, Executive Director, Retail Energy Services, Edison Electric Services
• Economic Opportunities Associated with Climate Change: Green investing (PDF), Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies
• Economic considerations regarding regulation of GHGs (PDF), Mark MacLeod, Director for Special Projects, Environmental Defense Fund
• The EU Climate Change Strategy: Lessons for Virginia (PDF), Noah M. Sachs, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Richmond

• Update on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal (PDF), Thomas R. Ballou, Department of Environmental Quality / Steve Walz, Senior Advisor to the Governor on Energy Policy
• Climate Change: The Automotive Perspective (PDF), Michael J. Stanton, President & CEO, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers
• Voluntary actions undertaken by industry and incentives for such action (PDF), Paul Loeffelman, Director, Environmental Public Policy, American Electric Power
• Dominion: Climate Change Perspective (PDF), Pam Faggert, Vice President and Chief Environmental Officer
• Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay: Physical, Geological and Biogeochemical Processes (PDF), James E. Bauer, Ph.D., Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Ecosystems and Living Resources (PDF), J. Emmett Duffy, Ph.D., Loretta and Lewis Glucksman Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Predicted Climate Change Impacts to Agriculture, Forests and Wildlife Habitat Impacts on Natural Systems (PDF), Herman H. Shugart, W.W. Corcoran Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
• Climate Change and Human Health (PDF), Kristie L. Ebi, Ph.D., M.P.H.; ESS, LLC
• Impacts on Fisheries and Wildlife (PDF), Doug Inkley, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, National Wildlife Federation
• NAM: The Voice of Manufacturing (PDF), Keith McCoy, Vice President, Energy and Resources Policy, National Association of Manufacturers

March 27, 2008: Second Commission on Climate Change meeting

• Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change: Findings, Process (PDF), Benjamin J. DeAngelo, Senior Climate Analyst, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Summary of local, state and regional approaches to addressing climate change (PDF), Patrick Hogan, Solutions Fellow, Pew Center on Climate Change
• Federal approaches to addressing climate change (PDF), Bill Irving, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Team Leader, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Major sources of GHG emissions (PDF), Thomas R. Ballou, Department of Environmental Quality
• The Role of Nature in Capturing and Storing Carbon Emissions (PDF), Bill Stanley, Science Lead, Climate Change Team, The Nature Conservancy

February 1, 2008: First Commission on Climate Change meeting

• Virginia Freedom of Information Act (PDF), Roger L. Chaffe, Senior Assistant Attorney General
• Executive Order 59 (PDF), Nikki Rovner, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources
• The Virginia Energy Plan and Executive Order 48 (PDF), Stephen Walz, Senior Advisor for Energy Policy
• Proposed Work Plan (PDF), Nikki Rovner, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Virginia (PDF), Tom Ballou, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality