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The Big Lesson from Four Decades of Federal Climate Failure by Gus Speth

Fri, Jan 28

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The Big Lesson from Four Decades of Federal Climate Failure by Gus Speth
The Big Lesson from Four Decades of Federal Climate Failure by Gus Speth

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Jan 28, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

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About the Event

This is a virtual event: Zoom Link

As early as the Carter Administration, in which Speth served, experts in and out of government argued for climate action, urgings well-covered in the media at the time. Six administrations followed with next to nothing being done to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions and much being done to sustain them. There are lessons here to be learned for the future, and especially one big lesson.

Bio

Gus Speth: In 2009 he completed his decade-long tenure as Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.  From 1993 to 1999, Gus Speth was Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chair of the UN Development Group.  Prior to his service at the UN, he was founder and president of the World Resources Institute; professor of law at Georgetown University; chairman of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (Carter Administration); and senior attorney and cofounder, Natural Resources Defense Council. Among his awards are the National Wildlife Federation’s Resources Defense Award, the Natural Resources Council of America’s Barbara Swain Award of Honor, a 1997 Special Recognition Award from the Society for International Development, Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Environmental Law Institute and the League of Conservation Voters, the Blue Planet Prize, the Thomas Berry Great Work Award of the Environmental Consortium of Colleges and Universities, and the Thomas Berry Award of the Forum on Religion and Ecology.

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