Todd Stern
Todd Stern | |
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| United States Special Envoy for Climate Change | |
| Assumed office January 26, 2009 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| White House Staff Secretary | |
| In office June 30, 1995 – March 11, 1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Podesta |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Caplan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 4, 1951 |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College Harvard University |
Todd D. Stern (born May 4, 1951) is the United States Special Envoy for Climate Change, leading talks at the United Nations climate change conferences and smaller sessions, appointed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January 26, 2009.[1]
Stern was previously under the Bill Clinton administration Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary in the White House from 1993 to 1998, during which time he also acted as the senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol and Buenos Aires negotiations.[citation needed]
Biography
Stern graduated from Dartmouth College in 1973,[2] and earned a J.D. at Harvard Law School.[3]
E-8
He has proposed the creation of the E-8, a novel international group uniting leading developed nations and developing ones for an annual gathering focused on combating global warming.[4]
See also
- Center for American Progress
- Climate debt
- David Sandalow
- Initiative on Global Climate Change
- WilmerHale
References
- ^ Franke-Ruta, Garance (2009-01-26). "Stern Appointed Climate Change Envoy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Peret, Anya (2009-01-27). "Stern '73 to be climate-change envoy". The Dartmouth. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Romero, Frances (2009-01-26). "Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern". Time. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ "Stern Appointed Climate Change Envoy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
External links
- “The only sustainable development is low carbon development,” Todd Stern says (Video, 2009)
- State Dept.: Official bio
- Appearances on C-SPAN