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Global Climate Solutions after Paris

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As the United States leaves the Paris Agreement, how will the leadership vacuum be filled? Will China continue to surge ahead, tackling air pollution and investing in renewable energy? Will India soon abandon its commitments, favoring coal development over clean air? If choices that individual countries make in regard to their energy mix have planet-wide consequences, does abandoning Paris signal the end of the US-led international order? What role does vulnerability reduction play in the new landscape of global climate solutions and policy? Speakers: Ruth Gates, Alice Hill, Max Holmes, Ross Andersen, David Monsma, Andrew Revkin, Bina Venkataraman

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