President Obama's Climate Negotiator - Ep60: Todd Stern

President Obama's Climate Negotiator - Ep60: Todd Stern

Todd Stern is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, best known for leading the US delegation at COP21 in his capacity as Special Envoy for Climate Change at the Department of State.

Todd’s political career started in 1993, when he joined President Clinton’s administration. Between 1997 and 1999, he led the US government efforts on global climate change – he was the senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto and Buenos Aires negotiations. Between 1999 and 2001 he was a Counsellor to the Secretary of the Treasury.

After 7 years in the private sector, Todd returned to politics, joining President Obama’s administration as the Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State in 2009. As the chief climate negotiator he led the US delegation at COP21 and was one of the key architects of the Paris Agreement.

Todd is now a Senior Fellow at Cross-Brookings Initiative on Climate and Energy. He graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. Todd is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Further reading:

Official Bio

https://www.brookings.edu/experts/todd-stern/

Can the United States and China reboot their climate cooperation? (September 2020)

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/can-the-united-states-and-china-reboot-their-climate-cooperation/

Podesta email dump reveals tight US-China climate ties (October 2016)

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/10/19/podesta-email-dump-reveals-tight-us-china-climate-ties/

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