In the long struggle to combat climate change, natural gas has emerged as a transformative element of a low-carbon energy economy. Recent developments have greatly increased estimated resources, while also introducing a host of new opportunities for efficient use of gas.
Chris Flavin - CEO of the World Watch Institute - will address the potential role of natural gas in achieving short-term and long-term climate and energy security goals, focusing on opportunities in the U.S and globally. He will also discuss the politics of energy policy and the role that federal climate legislation and the Copenhagen climate agreement could play in spurring a renaissance for natural gas.
Snuller Price - Partner at E3 - will address the same questions, but from the view of achieving CA aggressive goals of 80% emission reduction by 2050. E3 has been modeling possible trajectories of GHG emission scenarios for the California Public Utilities Commission to guide policy and technology decisions at the state level.