Ask the Expert: Climate Change and the G-20
G-20 Meeting Will Pave the Way for Stronger Copenhagen Summit
Andrew Light discusses what can be expected on climate change at the G-20 summit this week.
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What can we expect on energy and climate change at the upcoming G-20 meeting? What should the United States be expected to bring to these discussions? Will the meeting help pave the way to a stronger U.N. climate summit in Cophenhagen?
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For more information see:
- G-20 Leaders and Post-Crisis Reconstitution of the International Economic Order by Richard Samans
- The Clean-Energy Investment Agenda by John Podesa, Kate Gordon, Bracken Hendricks, and Benjamin Goldstein
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Andrew Light
Senior Fellow