EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 5 p.m. Sept. 19, 2024

EVENT: As the 2024 presidential election looms, the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy is teaming up with the Brookings Institution to examine how current U.S. climate policy is working and what the next few years could look like.

Climate policy has been a significant focus at the federal level over the past three years, notably with the passage of legislation such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Those acts will be essential for the transition of the United States to a carbon free society by 2050. They will also have wide-reaching state and local impacts, including in Michigan.

Bringing together scholars from the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and the policy and research experts from Brookings, this event will explore aspects of the recent legislation as well as the future of climate policy.

This event is part of Election ’24: Issues at Stake, a Brookings initiative aimed at bringing public attention to consequential policy issues confronting voters and policymakers in the run-up to the 2024 election. This includes equipping leaders with insights and policy ideas to help them govern in 2025 and beyond.

Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes is scheduled to offer welcoming remarks and Barry Rabe, a professor of public and environmental policy and political science, joins panelists from Brookings and the state of Michigan. The scheduled keynote speaker is Tonya Allen, president of the McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation that advances a more just, creative and abundant future where people and the planet thrive.

PLACE: Ford School of Public Policy, Weill Hall, Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120), 735 S. State St., Ann Arbor

INFORMATION: The event is open to the public and also will be livestreamed. Registration is required.