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
