Beyond 2028: Climate Policy, Economic Opportunity, and Global Cooperation
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026
Time: 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Location: Hinckley Institute of Politics, 260 Central Campus Drive—Gardner Commons, Room 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Summary:
As we consider the future beyond the 2028 presidential election, what policy tools will remain available—at the federal, state, local, and international levels—to accelerate the energy transition while strengthening economic competitiveness?
Join us for a panel discussion:
- Adam Rose (Research Professor in the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy)
- Matthew Fry (Associate Professor, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, University of Utah)
- Kody Powell (Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering; Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah)
- Adam Looney (Executive Director of the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis)
- Scott Schaefer (moderator) (Professor of Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations, University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business)
Professor Adam Rose (USC) and a diverse panel of faculty researchers from the U will discuss climate economics, resilience, benefit-cost analysis, emissions trading, and the macroeconomic impacts of climate and energy policy. Rose has advised the United Nations on globally tradable emissions permits, worked with U.S. states on cap-and-trade and climate action plans, and studied the regional economic impacts of transitioning to renewable electricity.
This event is co-hosted by the Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy and the David Eccles School of Business