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Project Title: Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption

PIN: BEST-K-08-02-A         

Major Unit:
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

Sub Unit:
Board on Energy & Environmental Systems
Board on Environmental Studies & Toxicology
Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy

RSO:
Wassel, Ray

Subject/Focus Area:



Mtg 4-Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption
February 5, 2009 - February 6, 2009
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001



If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Raymond Wassel
Email: rwassel@nas.edu
Phone: 202.334.2617
Fax: 202.334.1393


Agenda:

Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption

Fourth Meeting

The Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

PRELIMNARY AGENDA

Friday, February 6, 2009 – Room 201

Public Session

9:00 AM
- Welcome, purpose of public session, and introduction of committee members
Jared Cohon, NRC Committee Chair

- The Social Cost of Carbon
Richard Tol, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland

- Committee discussion

- Opportunity for brief public comments

10:30 Break

10:45 Resume committee discussion

12:45 End public session

NOTE: Starting and ending times on this agenda are tentative and subject to change.



Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Jared Cohon - Chair
Maureen Cropper - Vice Chair
Mark Cullen
Elisabeth Drake
Mary English
Christopher Field
Daniel Greenbaum
James Hammitt
Rogene Henderson
Catherine Kling
Alan Krupnick
Russell Lee
H. Scott Matthews
Thomas McKone
Gilbert Metcalf
Richard Newell
Richard Revesz
Ian Sue Wing
Terrance Surles


The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
1. Draft materials prepared by the committee members.
2. Plans for completing the committee's draft report.


The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
1. Meeting Agenda
2. Statement of Task
3. Project Schedule and Calendar
4. Meeting 3 summary
4. Draft written material

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee by speakers in public session:
1. Richard Tol
Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Visual Aids of Presentation – “The Social Cost of Carbon”
(electronic and printed copies) (Meeting 4 – February 6, 2009)

2. Richard Tol
Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Tol, R. The Economic Effects of Climate Change. (electronic and printed copies) (Meeting 4 – February 6, 2009)

3. Richard Tol
Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Anthoff, D., R.S.J. Tol, and G. W. Yohe. 2009. Discounting for Climate Change. Economics Discussion Papers, No 2009-15. (electronic and printed copies) (Meeting 4 – February 6, 2009)


Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: February 12, 2009



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