SD-608, 10:00 AM

Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the Costs of Inaction: The Economic and Budgetary Consequences of Climate Change. 

With witnesses: 

Mindy Lubber
President
Ceres 

Alfredo Gomez
Director of Natural Resources and Environment
Government Accountability Office 

Sherri Goodman
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CNA Corporation
Executive Director, CNA Military Advisory Board
Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Environmental Security) 

W. David Montgomery
Senior Vice President
NERA Economic Consulting 

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg
Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center

Read Chairman Murray’s Opening Statement here

Archived Webcast

Witness Statement