Given the need for significant developments in the U.S. and global energy systems, it is essential that we implement effective policymaking and governance. What lessons can be learned from the experiences of experienced American decision makers who have helped shape policy in major states and at the national level? As part of the Center on Global Energy Policy's 7th annual Columbia Global Energy Summit, three top energy and environmental leaders explored how experiences from their professional journeys helped promote the predictability and efficiency of policies to achieve climate and other environmental policy and advocacy goals .

Moderator:
–Dr. Geoffrey Heal, Donald C. Waite III Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility, Columbia Business School

Speakers:
— Frances Beinecke, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council
–Cheryl LaFleur, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA and former Commissioner and Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
— Mary Nichols, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA and former chair of the California Air Resources Board

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