Thursday, February 14, 2013

Council on Foreign Relations Conference Call on Climate Change 2/20

On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Professor Seth Weinberger invites you to participate in the next session of the Winter/Spring 2013 CFR Academic Conference Call series on Wednesday, February 20, from 9:00 to 10:00 AM in the Misner Room, Collins Memorial Library. Michael A. Levi, CFR's David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment, and director of the program on energy security and climate change, will discuss President Obama's climate change policies.          

Before joining CFR, Dr. Levi was a nonresident science fellow and a science and technology fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of the book "On Nuclear Terrorism" and coauthor with Michael O'Hanlon of "The Future of Arms Control." Dr. Levi was project director for the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on climate change, co-chaired by former governors Tom Vilsack and George Pataki. He has testified before Congress and presented expert scientific evidence to the National Academy of Sciences on climate change and on nuclear security. Dr. Levi's essays and op-eds have been published widely in journals and newspapers including "Foreign Affairs," "Foreign Policy," and the "New York Times." He currently writes the CFR blog Energy, Security, and Climate.       

As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:         

1) Michael A. Levi, "Climate Change in Obama's Second Term," Energy, Security, and Climate, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, January 22, 2013.  
2) Michael A. Levi, "The False Promise of Energy Independence," New York Times, December 21, 2012.   
3) Michael A. Levi, "Two Paths Forward on Climate Change," Energy, Security, and Climate, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, November 7, 2012.  
4) "Global Governance Monitor: Climate Change," International Institutions and Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations.

Please e-mail Professor Weinberger (sweinberger@pugetsound.edu) if you would like to attend…I hope to see you there!

Seth Weinberger