Keeping the Paris work program on track: Challenges and opportunities 
 
Time: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 15:00- 17:00
Location: Lecture Hall, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University  

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signed in Rio in 1992 was a milestone achievement in confronting climate change. It opened a new era of global climate governance, led by developed nations and characterized by multilateral collaboration. The adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 saw a truly global response to the global challenge of climate change. However, the United States’ decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and frustration with the multilateral process cast a shadow on the future of the U.N.-led approach to the climate change crisis. Global climate governance has reached a critical juncture. 

How can the Paris Agreement stay on track and achieve its goal? Is it time to reshape climate governance and if so, how? Are there alternative approaches that can unite the efforts of governments, corporations, NGOs, citizens, and the society at large to mitigate climate change? 

On August 30, the Brookings-Tsinghua Center will host a panel discussion to assess the implementation of the Paris Agreement, reflect on how to ensure the current mechanism is effective, and explore new approaches. 

Agenda:

15:05 – 15:20    Keynote Speech
Jo Tyndall, co-Chair of the ad hoc working group on the Paris Agreement(APA) and New Zealand’s Acting Climate Change Ambassador, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 

15:20 – 16:55    Panel Discussion and Q&A Session
Moderator:  
QI Ye, Director of Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy and Professor of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University

Panelists:  Jo Tyndall, co-Chair of the ad hoc working group on the Paris Agreement(APA) and New Zealand’s Acting Climate Change Ambassador, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 

ZHANG Haibin, Professor of the School of International Studies and Director of the Center for International Organization Studies, Peking University 

16:55- 17:00    Closing Remarks
QI Ye, Director of Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy and Professor of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University

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