Chicago: Setting the Tone for the Region
Event Time: 10:00 a.m to 11:30 a.m.
Event Location: The Glen, Room 101
Event Type: Panel
Event Location: The Glen, Room 101
Event Type: Panel
Participants:
- William Schleizer, Associate, Delta Institute—Chicago Climate Exchange
- Kerry Leigh, Senior Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning—The Regional Perspective
- Peter Haas, Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Melissa Hulting, Moderator, Chicago Climate Exchange Coordinator, USEPA
Synopsis:
Good things are happening! Chicago has been chosen as one of the Clinton Foundation world wide community grantees to address climate change. It was selected because of its on-going work with a city wide task force and as the home of emissions trading. Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is the world’s first and North America’s only legally binding rules-based greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading system.
Length: approximately 2 hours
Good things are happening! Chicago has been chosen as one of the Clinton Foundation world wide community grantees to address climate change. It was selected because of its on-going work with a city wide task force and as the home of emissions trading. Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is the world’s first and North America’s only legally binding rules-based greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading system.
Length: approximately 2 hours