Symposium on Post-Paris COP 21 Carbon Policy – Implications,
Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S. and the Globe
UW Conference Center – Hilton Salon D & E
February 24, 2016
5:30 p.m.
Overview:
In response to global negotiations in Paris in December 2015, the Center for Global Studies and School of
Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming in cooperation with the Center for Law and Energy Resources
in the Rockies and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources have organized a discussion series
in Spring 2016 that brings together academic, government, and industry perspectives to look at global and
national implications, opportunities, and challenges that result from the Paris COP 21 process. The purpose of
the event is to foster a discussion with students and the UW community about the status of international
cooperation on carbon policy following the Paris negotiations, energy policy internationally and nationally,
and strategies available to stakeholders to respond to these changes. A second panel discussion, scheduled
for April 4, 2016 (Union Family Room @ 5:30), will focus on national and state implications of the new energy
policies.
Moderator:
Jean Garrison is director of the Center for Global Studies and professor of international studies and political
science at the University of Wyoming. The author of three books and numerous articles, Garrison’s research
interests focus on U.S. foreign policy with an emphasis on U.S.-China relations, leadership, and energy
security. She holds a BA in political science from UW and a PhD from the University of South Carolina.
Panelists:
Michele Betsill is department chair and professor in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State
University. Her research focuses on global environmental governance, with a particular interest in the role of
non-state actors in creating new mechanisms for steering society towards a more sustainable future. She is
the founder and co-leader of the Environmental Governance Working Group at CSU, a multi-disciplinary
research community of faculty and graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and the Warner College of
Natural Resources. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Jeane Hull is a member of the UW Energy Resources Council and until recently held the position of Executive
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer with Peabody Energy. With Peabody, she led technical services
including engineering, asset management and continuous improvement functions across Peabody’s global
platform as well as supply chain management activities. She has extensive engineering, environmental and
regulatory affairs experience in the public and private sectors and has held numerous management positions
with Rio Tinto and affiliates. Hull graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with a BS
degree in Civil Engineering. She also holds a MBA from Nova University in Florida.
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Sam Kalen is the Winston S. Howard Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Law and
Energy Resources in the Rockies at UW. His research focuses on the fields of energy, environment, public
lands and natural resources, administrative law, and constitutional law. Prior to joining the UW College of Law
faculty in 2009, Kalen practiced law in Washington, D.C. for over 20 years, both in the private and public
sectors. Kalen holds a BA in History from Clark University and JD from the Washington University School of
Law.
David Lawrence is an energy executive, investor, and advisor with extensive global experience across the
energy industry. He is Chairman of Lawrence Energy Group LLC, with interests in emerging stage energy
prospects and serves as Chairman of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute Advisory Board. Previously, he
served as Executive Vice President of Exploration and Commercial for Shell Upstream Americas and Head of
Global Exploration and Executive Vice President for Global Exploration at Royal Dutch Shell. Lawrence received
his BA in geology magna cum laude from Lawrence University and his PhD from Yale in geology and
geophysics.
Charles “Chuck” Mason is the H. A. "Dave" True, Jr. Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics in the
Department of Economics and Finance at UW. He is an internationally known scholar who specializes in
environmental and resource economics. His current research interests include modeling prices for crude oil
and natural gas, the role of delivery infrastructure in natural gas markets, and motivations to hold stockpiles of
oil and gas. Mason has a BA and PhD in Economics and a BA in Mathematics, all from the University of
California at Berkeley.
Ricardo “Rick” Nogueira is the Climate Finance Team Lead in the Office of Global Change at the U.S.
Department of State. In this role he oversees climate finance negotiation efforts and serves as the alternate
U.S. board member on the Green Climate Fund, the largest multilateral climate fund. Nogueira was previously
the Director of EEA North America, where he was responsible for founding and managing a $400 million clean
energy fund (Leaf Clean Energy Company). He holds a BA from Lafayette College and a JD from Seton Hall
School of Law.