CLIMATE CHANGE DIPLOMACY WEEK: What’s at Stake in Paris: Diplomacy and Policy at the Climate Change Talks

Breakfast will be provided.

Opening the joint CLIMATE CHANGE DIPLOMACY WEEK event series two weeks before the start of the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, leading experts from Harvard and around the world examine the arc of negotiation toward the Paris meeting, possible outcomes from the conference, and the science that must inform diplomatic decision-making on global climate policy.

Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Harvard University and member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology opens the discussion. His remarks will be followed by a panel conversation featuring:

• René Castro, former Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica; Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
• Paula Dobriansky, former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs and chief climate negotiator, United States; Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project
• Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

Hosted by:

Future of Diplomacy Project
Harvard Project on Climate Agreements