Tackling Climate Change (Video)
Watch experts discuss how the United States should be addressing climate change and the need for global cooperation on the issue.
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Speakers: William John Antholis, Managing Director, Brookings Institution
Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior International Affairs and Trade Adviser, Baker & Hostetler LLP; Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
May 8, 2009
This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible by the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
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Watch experts discuss how the United States should be addressing climate change and the need for global cooperation on the issue.
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