Contributor
John Podesta is the founder of the Center for American Progress. He currently serves as the senior adviser to the president for clean energy innovation and implementation. Podesta served as counselor to President Barack Obama, where he was responsible for coordinating the administration’s climate policy and initiatives. In 2008, he served as co-chair of President Obama’s transition team. He was a member of the U.N. Secretary General’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President William J. Clinton. He chaired Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president in 2016.
U.N. High-Level Panelists Tawakkol Karman and John Podesta write to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon advocating for a youth panel to guide the post-2015 development agenda.
John Podesta delivers remarks at a Center for American Progress Action Fund event with Sen. Ron Wyden.
John Podesta writes that large youth unemployment rates in the United States and the United Kingdom pose immediate and long-term risks and economic damage.
In this video, Center for American Progress Chair John Podesta, who served on the U.N. High-Level Panel, discusses the panel's recommendations to eradicate poverty and transform world economies through sustainable development.
It is critical that all nations strive to meet the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.
CAP Chair John Podesta held a Twitter town hall to take questions on the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda on April 8, 2013.
John Podesta and Casey Dunning write about the importance of smart social safety nets in growing out of poverty.
CAP Chair John Podesta delivers a speech at the Georgetown University Law Center.
John Podesta, Chair of the Center for American Progress, delivers remarks on the Millenium Development Goals at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 5, 2013.
John Podesta writes about how the Millenium Development Goals are working and how we will continue to pursue the achievement of them.
We must take steps to ensure that the global economy allows the global population to thrive.