Climate advocates disagree how crucial it is to have a price on carbon guide a low-carbon transition.  In this special edition of the University of Texas Energy Symposium, we have four participants debate the need for a carbon price, and (you) the attendees get to vote on the winner.

The theme for UT Energy Week 2021 is: Energy Transition: Agents of Change, Changing Agents. The energy transition – achieving a sustainable and just global energy system – is already underway...

Lesley Jantarasami, Associate Director for Energy and Climate, Bipartisan Policy Center

Ryan Sitton, Founder and CEO of Pinnacle

Michael Young, Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin

Tiago Domingos, Associate Professor in Environment and Energy, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

Michael Davidson, Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego

Raiford Smith, Director, Supply Planning Analytics, Energy, and Water, Google

Dr. Hao Zhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Paul Brockway, University Academic Fellow, Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK