Silver Buckshot - Alternative Pathways Towards Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
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Silver Buckshot - Alternative Pathways Towards Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
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The solution to climate change is often framed as a series of “silver bullets” – for the United States, comprehensive domestic legislation; for the rest of the world, a major international agreement led by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The unprecedented scale and complexity of the climate challenge, however, suggests the need for a more flexible solution – “silver buckshot.”
The unprecedented scale and complexity of the climate challenge, however, suggests the need for a more flexible solution – “silver buckshot.” Smaller-scale, bottom-up alternatives to the UNFCCC process could help kick-start real progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This panel will explore the potential for such an alternative approach, in the domestic and global settings.
Speakers:
•Roger-Mark De Souza, Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience, Wilson Center
•Sherri Goodman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, CNA Corporation; Executive Director, CNA Military Advisory Board
•Ruth Greenspan Bell, Public Policy Scholar, Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute
•Elke Weber, Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business and Co-Director of the Center for the Decision Sciences, Columbia University
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