Todd D. Stern (born May 4, 1951) is an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as the United States Special Envoy for Climate Change and was the United States' chief negotiator at the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.[1][2]
Todd Stern | |
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| United States Special Envoy for Climate Change | |
| In office January 26, 2009 – April 1, 2016 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Pershing |
| White House Staff Secretary | |
| In office June 30, 1995 – March 11, 1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Podesta |
| Succeeded by | Phillip Caplan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 4, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Jennifer L. Klein |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Education
editStern graduated from Dartmouth College in 1973,[3] and earned a J.D. at Harvard Law School.[4]
Career
editStern 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.[1][2]
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]
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Personal life
editOn 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Statement by the President on the Paris Climate Agreement". whitehouse.gov. December 12, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2016 – via National Archives.
- ^ a b Kerry, John (March 21, 2016). "Statement on the Departure of U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern and the Appointment of Jonathan Pershing". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ^ Peret, Anya (2009-01-27). "Stern '73 to be climate-change envoy". The Dartmouth. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Romero, Frances (2009-01-26). "Climate Change Envoy Todd Stern". Time. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Franke-Ruta, Garance (January 26, 2009). "Stern Appointed Climate Change Envoy". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
- ^ "Stern Appointed Climate Change Envoy". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Hermann, Burkely (January 20, 2022). "National Security and Climate Change: Behind the U.S. Pursuit of Military Exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol". Briefing Book # 784. National Security Archive. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Wampler, Robert (April 5, 2021). "The Clinton White House and Climate Change, Part II: Engaging the Oval Office". Briefing Book # 754. National Security Archive. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Broder, John M. (2011-12-08). "U.S. Climate Envoy Seems to Shift Stance on Timetable for New Talks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "WEDDINGS; Jennifer L. Klein, Todd D. Stern". New York Times. September 10, 1995. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016.
External links
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- “The only sustainable development is low carbon development,” Todd Stern says (Video, 2009)
- State Dept.: Official bio
- Appearances on C-SPAN