Elliot Diringer, executive vice president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, will present “Paris Preview: How the New Global Climate Agreement is Shaping Up” on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Wayne State University Law School.
In December, world leaders will gather in Paris to negotiate an agreement to limit greenhouse gases that cause global warming. The United States, China and many other countries have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in advance of the conference. Still, the summit raises questions: What are the chances of an agreement in Paris? What are the primary obstacles? What are the legal challenges facing the negotiators?
Diringer, who has nearly 30 years experience in environmental issues and policy, will address these questions during the free lecture from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at the law school, 471 W. Palmer St. Lunch will be provided. Parking is available for $7 (credit or debit cards only) in Parking Structure No. 1 across West Palmer Street from Wayne Law. The lecture is sponsored by the law school’s Program for International Legal Studies and presented in part through a grant from the International Law Students Association.
Diringer previously served as vice president for international strategies at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, the predecessor organization to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.
From 1983 to 1997, Diringer was a reporter and editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he authored several award-winning environmental series and covered the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. From 1997 to 2000, he served as director of communications and senior policy advisor at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, where he helped develop major policy initiatives, led White House press and communications strategy on the environment and was a member of U.S. delegations to international climate change negotiations. He later was deputy assistant to the president and deputy White House press secretary, serving as a principal spokesman for President Bill Clinton.
Diringer earned his degree in environmental studies from Haverford College and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University, where he studied environmental law and policy.
For additional information about this event, contact Professor Gregory Fox at gfox@wayne.edu.
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