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Former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and former Director of SLAC Burton Richter—both Nobel prize winners in physics—argued in favor of nuclear power as part of the solution to climate change in a debate at Silicon Valley Energy Summit. UC-Berkeley’s Daniel Kammen and NRDC’s Ralph Cavanagh argued against nuclear and convinced just barely more audience members to change positions.

Professor Daniel Kammen, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow at INET Oxford, discusses the strategies emerging to cost-effectively decarbonize energy systems worldwide.

Professor Steve Raphael assesses the success rates of prison reform efforts around the country, including the sentencing "realignment" in California. Raphael joins Henry E. Brady, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.

California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber gives an inspirational address to the 2016 graduates of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.