Agenda – New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center Conference

Sustaining Innovation in New Jersey Climate Policy: Past, Present and Future

Friday March 21, 2025
Livingston Student Center
84 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ

Join us for a day-long dialogue regarding New Jersey’s state climate policies, where New Jersey has to go to reach its climate goals, challenges to reaching those goals, lessons we can learn from others, and opportunities that we might explore with leading local and national experts.

AGENDA

8:00 AM	Registration, Breakfast, Networking
8:30 AM	Welcome and Plenary 1 Contextualizing Climate Mitigation and Resilience in New Jersey Taking Stock: NJ’s Climate Goals and Status Marjorie Kaplan, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Jersey Climate Innovations Clinton Andrews, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Navigating the Emerging Federal – State Landscape for Accelerating Climate Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University Kathryn Zyla, Georgetown Climate Center Moderators: Lucas Marxen, NJ Climate Change Resource Center & Kim Scarborough, PSEG
9:45 AM	Plenary 2 Accelerating Climate Action Across New Jersey Transportation, Energy, and Building Sectors Within a Changing Federal Landscape Dale Bryk, Harvard University Zoe Baldwin, Regional Plan Association Jennifer Senick, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Kris Ohleth, Special Initiative on Offshore Wind Mark Warner, Gabel Associates Melissa Miles, New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance Moderators: Alex Ambrose, NJ Policy Perspective & Kim Scarborough, PSEG
11:00 AM	Break
11:15 AM	Plenary 3 Executive Branch Reflections: A Conversation Christine Guhl-Sadovy, President, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Shawn LaTourette, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Moderators: Ben Haygood, Isles, Inc. & Kim Scarborough, PSEG
12:15 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	Plenary 4 Legislative Reflections Honorable Bob Smith, Chair, New Jersey Senate Environment & Energy Committee Honorable Andrew Zwicker, Chair, New Jersey Senate Legislative Oversight Committee Moderators: Nicole Miller, MnM Consulting & Martha Maxwell Doyle, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
1:45 PM	Plenary 5 Accelerating Climate Resilience Within the Changing Federal Landscape Robert Kopp, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Joshua Saks, Georgetown Climate Center Robert Freudenberg, Regional Plan Association Matt von der Hayden, Stafford Township Dominique Hawkins, Preservation Design Partnership Nicholas Angarone, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Moderators: Lisa Auermuller, Rutgers University & Martha Maxwell Doyle, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
3:00 PM	Break
3:15 PM	Plenary 6 Levers to Support Decarbonization and Adaptation Preethy Thangaraj, Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy Kathleen Coviello, New Jersey Economic Development Authority Frances O’Toole, Coming Home of Middlesex Count Helen Wiley, SBP and Insurance for Good Amy Chester, Rebuild by Design Martin Lockman, Columbia University Moderators: Rachael Shwom, Rutgers University & Martha Maxwell Doyle, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
4:30 PM	Summary & Discussion Karen O’Neill, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
5:00 PM	Adjourn