In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Todd Stern – former United States Special Envoy for Climate Change – explains what made the Paris Climate Agreement such a groundbreaking document and what kind of bargaining and compromises it took to make it happen; discusses the place and role of the US within its broad coalition as well as his extensive engagement with his crucial Chinese partners; and considers major new possibilities to tackle climate change effectively and current obstacles to do so.
Todd Stern was United States Special Envoy for Climate Change under President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Secretary of State John Kerry under Obama’s second term. He acted as the chief American negotiator leading up to and during the landing of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: How It Happened, Why It Matters, and What Comes Next is published by MIT Press.
The conversation was conducted by Ferenc Laczó. Lilit Hakobyan edited the recording.
