Harvard President Convenes High-level Panel on Paris Conference—Momentum Building for Significant Agreement

Drew Faust, President of Harvard University, hosted a high-level panel on November 16, 2015 addressing the upcoming Paris climate talks, under the auspices of the United Nations. The panel was moderated by Richard McCullough, Vice Provost for Research at Harvard University. Participants were:

Daniel Bodansky
Foundation Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

Coral Davenport
Energy and Environmental Policy Correspondent, New York Times

Robert Stavins
Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

Zou Ji
Deputy Director, China's National Center for Climate Strategy and International Cooperation

Robert Stavins observed during the event, with regard to the Paris conference: "There's an opportunity now and there's promise now that I have not experienced in the 20 years that I've been following … [the climate] negotiations…My view is that this is a very significant moment, both in the history of climate negotiations, but more importantly … in the history of seriously addressing global climate change.”

An article on the event in the Harvard Gazette, including a video of the panel, is available here: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/11/optimism-on-u-n-climate-talks

Complete Photo Credit: Jon Chase, Harvard Staff Photographer