This workshop is the culmination of a two-year project examining the roles that California and the European Union play in defining the forefront of domestic and international environmental policy solutions.  The goal of the project is to produce concrete, actionable policy recommendations to further regulatory cooperation between the EU, California and the US on transatlantic environmental issues, including climate change, chemicals policy, biosafety, water regulation, and biodiversity protection. As socioeconomic and environmental issues become increasingly integrated, innovative policy solutions are required to identify and address the complex nexus between society and environment.  The project has developed a network of representatives from the US and the EU in academia, industry, the NGO-sector, and government.

Sponsors: UC Berkeley IGS Center on Institutions and Governance, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University of California Washington Center