Ideas + Action 2021 ? The Next Act for Cap and Trade

California’s flagship program to reduce carbon pollution, cap and trade, has been successful at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it hasn’t reduced dangerous air pollution equally in all communities across the state. Can the cap and trade program become as equitable as it is efficient and be the tool that California needs to reduce emissions while maximizing benefits for low-income communities of color?

Roger Lin
Climate and Air Counsel, California Environmental Justice Alliance

Fran Pavley
Environmental Policy Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute

Derek Walker
Vice President of U.S. Climate, Environmental Defense Fund

Kip Lipper
Chief Policy Advisor on Energy and Environment, California Senate pro Tempore