Reducing Inequality in a Sustainable World

As the global movement for sustainability is gaining steam, inequality continues growing rapidly. How can we slow inequality and poverty while increasing the sustainability of our living patterns and economies? This conference brings together economists, sociologists, ecologists, anthropologists, planners, and policymakers to outline the issues and discuss potential solutions. Three panels address sustainability and inequality from the perspective of cities and regions, measurement, and global growth. The goal of the conference is not just to expose the hard tradeoffs between environmental sustainability and economic growth and equity, but also to offer the possibility of transformation via alternative frameworks for measurement and action.

Program

7:30- 8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45 Welcome and Introduction: Michael Reich (Director, IRLE)

8:45-9:45 Morning Keynote: Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute

9:45-10:00 Break: Refreshments in foyer

10:00-11:45 Plenary Session 1: Making Cities Livable for All

Moderator and Speaker: Karen Chapple (UCB)

Speakers: Daniel Kammen (UCB), Rachel Morello-Frosch (UCB), Teresa Caldeira (UCB)

11:45-12:45 Lunch in foyer

12:45-2:30 Plenary Session 2: Policies to Promote Sustainability In a More Equitable World

Moderator and Speaker: Clair Brown (UCB)

Speakers: Margaret Taylor (LBNL), David Anthoff (UCB), Peter Barnes (author)

2:30-2:45 Break: Refreshments in foyer

2:45-4:30 Plenary Session 3: Reducing Global Inequality in a Sustainable World

Moderator and Speaker: Betty Deakin (UCB)

Speakers: Isha Ray (UCB), Marshall Burke (Stanford), Maximilian Auffhammer (UCB)

4:30-5:30 Closing Panel: What's Next for California

Moderator and Speaker: Dr. Carol Zabin (Research Director, UCB Labor Center)

Speakers: Kevin de Leon (President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate), Mary Nichols (Chair of California Air Resources Board), Robbie Hunter (President of State Building & Construction Trades Council of California)

5:30-6:30 Reception: Hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar

Morning Keynote- Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

Sivan Kartha is a Senior Scientist in SEI's U.S. Centre. He was co-leader of the SEI-wide research theme Reducing Climate Risk from 2009-2013. His research and publications for the past 20 years have focused on technological options and policy strategies for addressing climate change, and he has concentrated most recently on equity and efficiency in the design of an international climate regime. His most recent work has involved the elaboration of the Greenhouse Development Rights approach to burden-sharing in the global climate regime – an approach that places the urgency of the climate crisis in the context of the equally dire development crisis afflicting the world’s poor majority. He is an author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (Working Group III), co-leading the chapter on Sustainable Development and Equity.

Read Sivan Kartha's full Bio on the SEI website.