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Wed, Jun 30, 2021

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Center for Energy Studies

Webinar — Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms: Impacts on Climate and Trade

Where: Online webinar

When: June 30, 2021, 1 p.m. – June 30, 2021, 2 p.m.

Panelists considered proposals in the U.S. and the EU for carbon border adjustments — taxes levied on the import of certain goods manufactured in countries without carbon pricing plans — and the possible impacts on both climate and international trade.

Group: Center for Energy Studies

Registration Closed

Tue, Jun 29, 2021

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Center for Health and Biosciences

Webinar — The American Rescue Plan: Changing the Trajectory for Texas’ Children

Where: Online webinar

When: June 29, 2021, noon – June 29, 2021, 1 p.m.

The Center for Health and Biosciences hosted a virtual discussion on how the American Rescue Plan — which included an unprecedented amount of federal funding to support early childhood development — can be leveraged to implement evidence-based strategies.

Group: Center for Health and Biosciences

Registration Closed

Mon, Jun 28, 2021

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Roundtable Young Professionals

Webinar — The Future of the GOP

Where: Online webinar

When: June 28, 2021, 2 p.m. – June 28, 2021, 3 p.m.

Donald Trump's presidency spurred much discussion about the future of the Republican Party in America. At this event, panelists considered recent policy debates about the GOP and whether its policy platform still resonates with the party's traditional supporters.

Group: Roundtable Young Professionals

Registration Closed

Wed, Jun 23, 2021

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McNair Center

Webinar — One Company’s Solution to Improving Capital Access for Entrepreneurs

Where: Online webinar

When: June 23, 2021, 2 p.m. – June 23, 2021, 3 p.m.

McNair Center Director Jennifer Rabb talked with Eric Griego, co-founder and CEO of Betterfin, about his company's innovative approach to the financial needs of entrepreneurs and the public policy challenges that the company and its customers face.

Group: McNair Center

Registration Closed

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

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Center for Public Finance

Roundtable Dialogue: The Biden Tax and Expenditure Plan

Where: Online webinar

When: June 22, 2021, noon – June 22, 2021, 1 p.m.

At this member-exclusive event, public finance fellow John W. Diamond discussed the macroeconomic effects of a fiscal plan, similar to the plan proposed by the Biden presidential campaign, that expands the stock of public capital and is fully financed by …

Group: Center for Public Finance

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

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Center for Energy Studies

Webinar — Energy Perspectives 2021: An Uncertain Future

Where: Online webinar

When: June 22, 2021, 9 a.m. – June 22, 2021, 10 a.m.

Eirik Wærness, senior vice president and chief economist of Equinor, sat down with the Center for Energy Studies' Ken Medlock to discuss the recently released Energy Perspectives report, which presents three distinct scenarios for future energy demand.

Group: Center for Energy Studies

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Fri, Jun 18, 2021

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Center for Energy Studies

Webinar — Is Oil Demand Doomed With or Without Climate Policy?

Where: Online webinar

When: June 18, 2021, 10 a.m. – June 18, 2021, 11 a.m.

New climate policies are predicted to drive global oil demand significantly lower in the near future. But what if long-term, structural forces are already threatening future oil demand? At this webinar, energy experts weighed in on this crucial question.

Group: Center for Energy Studies

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Wed, Jun 16, 2021

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Drug Policy

Roundtable Dialogue — The Overdose Crisis and the Drug War Amid a Global Pandemic: Current Trends in Drug Use and Policy

Where: Online webinar

When: June 16, 2021, noon – June 16, 2021, 1 p.m.

At this member-exclusive event, Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at the Baker Institute, explored the ongoing overdose epidemic in the U.S and outlined recommendations for corrective action.

Group: Drug Policy

Fri, Jun 11, 2021

Past event

Center for Energy Studies

Webinar — Resource Frontiers: Marine Minerals Opportunities and Considerations

Where: Online webinar

When: June 11, 2021, 11 a.m. – June 11, 2021, 11:45 a.m.

At this virtual armchair discussion, EY Mining & Metals executive Theo Yameogo discussed developments related to marine minerals and the overall context of mining and minerals processing in the Americas and around the globe.

Group: Energy, Minerals & Materials

Registration Closed

Wed, Jun 9, 2021

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Center for the United States and Mexico

Webinar — The Economic Effect of Remittances: Powering Economic Prosperity and Inclusion

Where: Online webinar

When: June 9, 2021, 11 a.m. – June 9, 2021, noon

Hikmet Ersek, president and CEO of Western Union, explored the importance of remittances — the money sent home by migrants working abroad — in supporting developing economies and their role in leveling the world’s economic playing field.

Group: Center for the U.S. and Mexico

Registration Closed

Rice University's Baker Institute Events

Webinar — Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms: Impacts on Climate and Trade

Webinar — The American Rescue Plan: Changing the Trajectory for Texas’ Children

Webinar — The Future of the GOP

Webinar — One Company’s Solution to Improving Capital Access for Entrepreneurs

Roundtable Dialogue: The Biden Tax and Expenditure Plan

Webinar — Energy Perspectives 2021: An Uncertain Future

Webinar — Is Oil Demand Doomed With or Without Climate Policy?

Roundtable Dialogue — The Overdose Crisis and the Drug War Amid a Global Pandemic: Current Trends in Drug Use and Policy

Webinar — Resource Frontiers: Marine Minerals Opportunities and Considerations

Webinar — The Economic Effect of Remittances: Powering Economic Prosperity and Inclusion

Baker Institute Events

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