Climate Czar – Todd Stern

Climate Czar – Todd Stern

Title: Special Envoy for Climate Change

Salary: unknown

Reports to: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Appointed: January 2009

Agency or department that might have handled similar issues: Environmental Protection Agency; State

• Responsible for developing international approaches to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

• Served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 1999; Was Head of the Initiative on Global Climate Change (1997 to 1999) and Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury (1999 to 2001)

• As a top aide to President Clinton, helped negotiate the Kyoto and Buenos Aires climate pacts, both of which fell apart partially because of a lack of U.S. support during Bush administration.

• After Bush was elected to office, went to the Wilmer Hale law firm, where he is a partner in the regulatory and government affairs division.

• Was most recently a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he focused on climate change and environmental issues.

• Has written extensively on climate change, and has called on the American government and the international community to take a series of steps to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

• Supports a national cap-and-trade system that would limit carbon emissions and reduce U.S. dependency on foreign oil

• Has law degree from Harvard

(SOURCE: List of Obama Czars by Glenn Beck
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