On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I
invite you to participate in the next session of the Winter/Spring 2015 CFR
Academic Conference Call series on Wednesday, March 25, from 9:00 AM to 10:00
AM in WY 226. Michael A. Levi, CFR's David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for
energy and the environment, and director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
geoeconomic studies, will discuss climate change and the evolving global
response.
Before joining CFR, Dr. Levi was a nonresident science
fellow and a science and technology fellow in foreign policy studies at the
Brookings Institution. Dr. Levi is author of "The Power Surge: Energy,
Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future," and coauthor with
Elizabeth Economy of "By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest
is Changing the World." He was project director for the CFR-sponsored
Independent Task Force on climate change, co-chaired by former governors Tom
Vilsack and George Pataki. He has testified before Congress and presented expert
scientific evidence to the National Academy of Sciences on climate change and
on nuclear security. His recent writings include studies of natural gas
exports, the Canadian oil sands, and the global politics and economics of clean
energy innovation. Dr. Levi's essays and op-eds have been published widely in
journals and newspapers including "Foreign Affairs," "Foreign
Policy," "Washington Post," "Wall Street Journal," and
the "New York Times." He currently writes the CFR blog "Energy,
Security, and Climate."
As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the
following materials:
1) Michael A. Levi and Shannon K. O'Neill, "Spillovers From Falling Oil Prices: Risks to Mexico and the United States," CFR
Working Paper, Council on Foreign Relations Press, December 2014.
2) Michael A. Levi and Andrew P. Morriss, "Should the U.S. Take Unilateral Action on Climate Policy?" Wall Street Journal,
November 23, 2014.
3) "Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, 2014,"
Department of Defense, October 13, 2014.
4) "Global Governance Monitor: Climate Change,"
Interactive, International Institutions and Global Governance, Council on
Foreign Relations.
5) Michael A. Levi, Energy, Security, and Climate, Blog,
Council on Foreign Relations.
Please RSVP to me at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu ASAP if
you'd like to attend the call...I look forward to seeing you there!
Seth Weinberger
Associate Professor
Department of Politics & Government
The University of Puget Sound
