What is the state of international climate negotiations after COP26 (Congress of the Parties) in Glasgow, Scotland? What was accomplished in Glasgow, and what are the main issues and themes that will demand attention as we look towards COP27 in Sharm El-Shiekh, Egypt in November of 2022?
Join us to engage in discussion with our panel – Todd Stern, former US Special Envoy for Climate Change; Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and Tracy Bach, Co-Focal Point for the UNFCCC Research and Independent NGOs (RINGO).
Speakers:
Todd Stern is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution concentrating on climate change. Stern served from January 2009 until April 2016, as the special envoy for climate change at the Department of State. He was President Obama’s chief climate negotiator, leading the U.S. effort in negotiating the Paris Agreement and in all bilateral and multilateral climate negotiations in the seven years leading up to Paris. Stern also participated in the development of U.S. domestic climate and clean energy policy.
Rachel Kyte is the 14th dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Kyte is the first woman to lead the United States' oldest graduate-only school of international affairs, which attracts students from all corners of the world and at all stages of their careers. Kyte served as special representative of the UN secretary-general and chief executive officer of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL). She has received numerous awards for leadership in climate and sustainable development and was named by Time magazine as one of the 15 women that were leading climate action.
Tracy Bach serves as the Co-Focal Point of the Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations (RINGO) constituency to the UNFCCC Secretariat. She is a law professor who has taught and published on climate change, international environmental law and human rights, and health care and environmental health law. She received her B.A. from Yale University and her J.D. and M.A in public affairs from the University of Minnesota