Todd Stern Explained
| Todd Stern |
| Office: | United States Special Envoy for Climate Change |
| President: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start: | January 26, 2009 |
| Term End: | April 1, 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Jonathan Pershing |
| Office1: | White House Staff Secretary |
| President1: | Bill Clinton |
| Term Start1: | June 30, 1995 |
| Term End1: | March 11, 1998 |
| Predecessor1: | John Podesta |
| Successor1: | Phillip Caplan |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Jennifer L. Klein |
Todd D. Stern (born May 4, 1951) was the United States Special Envoy for Climate Change, and was the United States' chief negotiator at the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.[1] [2]
Education
Stern graduated from Dartmouth College in 1973,[3] and earned a J.D. at Harvard Law School.[4]
Career
Stern served as the United States Special Envoy for Climate Change, leading talks at the United Nations climate change conferences and smaller sessions, appointed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January 26, 2009.[5] He was the United States' chief negotiator at the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Stern has proposed the creation of the E-8, a novel international group uniting leading developed nations and developing ones for an annual gathering focused on combating global warming.[6]
Stern previously served under the Bill Clinton administration as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary in the White House from 1993 to 1998, during which time he also acted as the senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol and Buenos Aires negotiations.[7] [8]
At the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-17) in Durban, Stern was interrupted by Abigail Borah, who accused USA of moving to slowly to tackle climate change.[9]
Family life
On 10 September 1995, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Stern married Jennifer Klein, a policy analyst working for the Domestic Policy Council and office of the First Lady.[10]
See also
- Initiative on Global Climate Change
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Statement by the President on the Paris Climate Agreement. December 12, 2015. National Archives. whitehouse.gov. July 23, 2016.
- Web site: Statement on the Departure of U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern and the Appointment of Jonathan Pershing . Kerry . John . March 21, 2016 . U.S. Department of State . 2020-01-26.
- News: Stern '73 to be climate-change envoy . Anya . Peret . . 2009-01-27 . 2009-01-27 .
- News: Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130100434/http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1874152,00.html . dead . January 30, 2009 . Time . 2009-01-26 . 2010-05-25 . Frances . Romero.
- News: Franke-Ruta. Garance. January 26, 2009. Stern Appointed Climate Change Envoy. The Washington Post. January 27, 2009.
- News: Stern Appointed Climate Change Envoy. The Washington Post . 2010-05-25 .
- News: Hermann. Burkely. January 20, 2022. National Security and Climate Change: Behind the U.S. Pursuit of Military Exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol. en. National Security Archive. live. February 9, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123162738/https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/environmental-diplomacy/2022-01-20/national-security-and-climate-change-behind-us. January 23, 2022. Briefing Book # 784.
- News: Wampler. Robert. April 5, 2021. The Clinton White House and Climate Change, Part II: Engaging the Oval Office. en. National Security Archive. live. February 9, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123163219/https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/environmental-diplomacy/2021-04-05/clinton-white-house-climate-change-part-ii-engaging-oval-office. January 23, 2022. Briefing Book # 754.
- News: Broder. John M.. 2011-12-08. U.S. Climate Envoy Seems to Shift Stance on Timetable for New Talks. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-02-22. 0362-4331.
- Web site: September 10, 1995. WEDDINGS; Jennifer L. Klein, Todd D. Stern. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422222704/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/10/style/weddings-jennifer-l-klein-todd-d-stern.html. April 22, 2016. New York Times.
