House Financial Services Committee

National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Subcommittee

Examining the Macroeconomic Impacts of a Changing Climate

2128 Rayburn
Wed, 11 Sep 2019 18:00:00 GMT

Hearing Memorandum

Legislation:
  • H.R.__, To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to each issue an annual report to the Congress projecting and accounting for the economic costs directly and indirectly caused by the impacts of climate change. [DRAFT]
Witnesses
  • Andy Karsner, Board Member, Conservation International
  • General Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret.), President of the American Security Project
  • Veronica Eady, Assistant Executive Officer for Environmental Justice of the California Air Resources Board
  • Alicia Seiger, Managing Director of Stanford’s Sustainable Finance Initiative
  • Dr. Marshall Burke, Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of Stanford’s Center on Food Security and the Environment
  • Richard Powell, Executive Director, ClearPath
  • John Kotek, Vice President of Policy Development and Public Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute