Paris Agreement 101

Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

10-18-2017

Publisher

Brookings Mountain West

Abstract

As part of the Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, Brookings Mountain West invites you to a lecture titled, "Paris Agreement 101" by Brookings Fellow in Foreign Policy, Samantha Gross.

The Paris Agreement reached at the end of 2015 represents a significant change in how the world approaches the “wicked problem” of climate change. The bottom-up approach to commitments brought the world on board, but how is it being implemented? The recent announcement by President Trump, to remove the United States from this compact, raises a series of issues for the future of this accord. Does the aspiration of the agreement match up to reality? And where do we go from here?

Keywords

Climate change; Energy policy; Renewable energy; Paris agreement; Clean Power Plan

Disciplines

Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Environmental Sciences | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Oil, Gas, and Energy

Streaming Media

Language

English

Comments

Samantha Gross, a Brookings Institution fellow in foreign policy, energy security and climate initiative,

Lecture presented at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, at Greenspun Hall, UNLV.

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