THE NEXT GLOBAL CRISIS

Turning the Tide: Why U.S. advocacy efforts on climate change are critical for relief and development
September 20, 2007

This session provides an overview on climate change policy in the U.S., looking at how it is linked to both the severity of impacts in the developing world and to potential funding for efforts to help developing countries adapt. The session will also look at what role relief and development organizations can play in affecting climate policy to benefit aid and disaster relief efforts.

For more information, contact Kimberly Darter.

SESSION NOTES

SPEAKERS:

Michael Goo
Michael Goo, most recently the Majority Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, began a new position as Climate Legislative Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in September 2007. A graduate of Vassar College and the Washington University School of Law, Michael has extensive environmental law experience in both the private and public sectors. From 2005 until 2006, Michael was the Minority Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. From 2001 until 2005, Michael was the Minority Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce. As counsel to the Committee, Michael was responsible for all matters arising under the Clean Air Act. In 1999 and 2000, he was the Team Leader and Acting Assistant General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. There he led EPA staff counsel in a successful defense of revised air quality standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone in the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

David Waskow

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David Waskow is currently the International Program Director at Friends of the Earth and will soon join Oxfam America to lead their policy advocacy on climate change.  David has been at Friends of the Earth since 2000, where he has worked on a range of international environmental and development issues, including trade, corporate accountability policy, and climate change. He has graduate degrees from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and from the University of Chicago.

For details on Sessions 1 and 3 of this series, click here.

For more information, email Kimberly Darter.