IFES-GCOE International Lecture Series

“Tri-level Climate Change Policy in the United States: Interaction at the International, National, and State Levels”

LECTURER:

Atsuko Sato, Ph.D (Department of Political Science, California State University, Los Angeles)

PLACE:

Meeting Room (Kaigi-shitsu), Kanri-tou Ground Floor, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science

LANGUEGE:

Mainly Japanese, but English Power point and supplemental explanation will also be used.

CONTENT:

The following sessions included background knowledge for non-specialists,

• Session 1: 13:00~14:30, July 21st, The United States and Global Climate Policy
• Session 2: 15:00~16:30, July 21st, From Clinton, to Bush, to Obama: US Climate Change Policy
• Session 3: 13:00~14:30, July 22nd, Climate Change Policy: The Interaction between California and the Federal Government
• Secssion 4: 15:00~16:30 July 22nd, Concluding discussion: An Analysis of Tri-level Climate Change Policy in the United States

Please contact to hinon”at”ees.hokudai.ac.jp (Ms. Hideno Barker, replace “at” with @) in advance, if you will participant in this lecture, because we need to know number of participants for photocopy of handout.
Participant will obtained some credits for IFES-GCOE diploma (Detail is not determined at now).  This seminar is supported by Sustainable Low-Carbon Society Project in Hokkaido University as co-sponsors, a part of activities in Joint “GS Env. Sci. = Rakuno Gakuen University” Seminar, and relevant to “Special advanced lecture of international relationship in environment” in Division of Environmental Science Development, GS Env. Sci..

EES seminar, the formal faculty seminar, in the same room will be also held in 17:00~18:30 July 22nd as summary of lecture series above.  Would you please participant in EES seminar?