Ecomodernism 2021 Digital Registration

October 3-5 | Virtually via Vimeo Live Stream

What is "quiet climate policy"?

Here as elsewhere, we have referred to climate policy as “quiet” if it swims with the tide of existing sociopolitical institutions and economic growth, if it uses technology and infrastructure as its main lever, and if it disrupts, rather than exploits, political partisanship. Such are the qualities, after all, of the types of government policy that have driven investment and deployment of lower-carbon technologies for decades—in short, the types of policies arguably responsible for most decarbonization to date.

At Ecomodernism 2021, taking place between a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and the next United Nations Climate Change Conference, we will consider whether quiet policy is enough. And if it is not, what will supplement it or, even, take its place? Is it credible to imagine political support for such an alternative? What other avenues towards climate action are available to us, on either the political Left or political Right, or via foreign policy? And even if COVID failed to reorient our politics as much as many would have preferred, are there political or policy lessons yet to glean from our response to the pandemic?

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Agenda

Future of Technology - Public Sector #1: Kairos Power - Monday, October 4 (9:40am-9:50am EST)

• Presented By: Lou Sancho Martinez

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Is Quiet Climate Policy Enough? - Monday, October 4, 2021 (9:50am-11:05am EST)

Featuring:

• Marcela Mulholland, Data for Progress
• Mark Paul, New College of Florida
• Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring
• Shannon Osaka, Grist (Moderator)

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Future of Technology - Public Sector #2: Susteon - Monday, October 4 (1:45pm-1:55pm EST)

• Presented By: Shantanu Agarwal
  

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Is There Room for Conservatives in the Climate Debate? - Monday, October 4, 2021 (2:00pm-3:15pm EST)

Featuring:

• Danielle Butcher, American Conservation Coalition
• Steve Hayward, University of California Berkeley
• Carlos Curbelo, DEPLOY/US
• Sarah Longwell, The Bulwark (Moderator)

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Future of Technology - Public Sector #3 : Monarch Tractors - Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (9:00am-9:10am EST)

• Presented by: Praveen Penmetsa
  

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Advancing Both Climate Action & Justice in Asia? - Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (9:10am-10:25am EST)

Featuring:

• Seaver Wang, Breakthrough Institute
• Tobita Chow, Justice is Global
• John Chung-En Liu, National Taiwan University
• Yaqiu Wang, Human Rights Watch (Moderator)

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Future of Technology - Public Sector #4 The Metals Company - Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (10:50am-11:00am EST)

• Presented By: Gerard Barron

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How to Spend a Trillion Dollars - Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (11:00am-12:15pm EST)

Featuring:

• Joseph Majkut, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Karl Smith, Bloomberg
• Liza Reed, Niskanen Center
• Dylan Matthews, Vox (Moderator)

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