Energy Policy Seminar: Elliot Diringer on "Taking Stock of the International Climate Effort"

Open to the Public

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Elliot Diringer, Senior Policy Advisor in the office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Diringer will give a talk entitled "Taking Stock of the International Climate Effort." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. The seminar will also be streamed via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link.

Recording: The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page (typically one week later). Those who register for this event will automatically receive a link to the recording as soon as it becomes available.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or for questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Sponsors: The Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

Date: Mon, Oct 30, 2023 Time: 12:00pm - 01:15pm Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB

Elliot Diringer is a Senior Policy Advisor in the office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. He has been actively engaged on international climate issues for nearly 30 years. Prior to joining the State Department, he was executive vice president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), where he regularly convened informal discussions among lead climate negotiators and worked with Fortune 500 companies in support of effective climate change policies. During the Clinton Administration, he served as Deputy White House Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President, and as communications director and a senior policy advisor at the Council on Environmental Quality. He covered the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio as an environmental reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.