CEQA and Climate Change:Partnering with Local Agencies to Combat Global Warming

Co-hosted by the Local Government Commission and

the CA Attorney General’s Office

Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), local
agencies have a vital role to play in California’s fight against global
warming. Local governments are responding quickly to the challenge of
global warming Through a sum of their individual decisions, they are
making a significant contribution toward moving the State away from
“business as usual” and toward a low-carbon future. Many questions have
arisen from those cities and counties attempting to comply with CEQA.
This workshop series is intended to address these questions.Most
commonly asked are: How do we analyze the CO2 impacts of future
development? What mitigation strategies do we employ? And finally, how
can a cash-strapped county or city undertake this analysis without too
much expense?Speakers will include Attorney General Jerry Brown and
members of his staff, leaders from the Governor’s Climate Action Team,
and modeling experts from throughout the State.We will also give local
governments ideas for crafting a highly effective climate action plan
by highlighting some of the best local government plans from throughout
the State.

Details and agenda below and at
http://www.lgc.org/climatechange/?page_id=86. Registration is not yet
available so prospective attendees can save the date and check back.

For further information, you can read an article by Jerry Brown directed
to counties in the climate-change special issue of the California State
Association of Counties magazine:
http://www.csac.counties.org/default.asp?id=585, and visit the Office of
the Attorney General's website for recommended mitigation measures:
http://ag.ca.gov/globalwarming/ceqa.php

Workshop Agenda
CEQA and Climate Change:
Partnering with Local Agencies to Combat Global Warming

Co-hosted by the Local Government Commission &
The Office of the Attorney General

9:30 Registration

10:00 Attorney General's Keynote: Urgency of Global Warming

10:30 The Critical Role of Local Government (CEC or ARB)

11:00 Approach under CEQA: Overview on the Fundamentals of Evaluating and
Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Projects Subject to CEQA:
Thresholds, Modeling Emissions, and Mitigation

12:15 Lunch

1:00 The Role of the Regional Blueprint: Addressing Cumulative Effects

1:30 Case Studies: Regional, countywide, city and project specific case
studies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions

3:00 Coffee Break

3:15 Zero Emission Development and How To Achieve It

3:45 Concluding Keynote

4:15 Adjourn

Location

1515 Clay St
Oakland, CA 94612