Climate Change, Global Poverty and U.S. Foreign Policy
How other nations adapt to the impacts of climate change will affect critical U.S. security, economic, humanitarian, and environmental interests.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, developing countries face water scarcity, severe weather events, declining agricultural productivity, and increased disease. The consequences will undermine international stability and security as migration and refugee crises, conflicts linked to natural resource scarcity, and economic destabilization all increase.
In order to protect vital U.S. interests, and to promote global economic development, many advocates and governments are urging that the United States and other developed countries assist developing countries so they can adapt to the climate challenge. These issues have recently risen to the forefront both in international negotiations and in Congressional legislation.
Oxfam America and the UN Foundation invite you to a roundtable discussion with foreign policy experts, economists, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and Congressional staff to discuss these critical issues.
Presenters- Nigel Purvis (moderator), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment & Science and senior U.S. climate change negotiator; Visiting scholar at Resources for the Future and non-resident scholar at The Brookings Institution
- Dr. Saleem Huq, Director of the Climate Change Group, International Institute for Environment and Development; Coordinating Lead Author of the Adaptation and Mitigation chapter in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Ambassador Angus Friday, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations; Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States
- Dr. William Cline, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development and the Institute for International Economics
- Dr. Sharon Hrynkow, Associate Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
This event is in cooperation with the office of Congressman Donald Payne.
Please RSVP to Mike Helms at Oxfam America at (202) 471-3050 or [email protected]
or Erica Fabo at the UN Foundation at 202-887-9040.