Penn Event

Global Climate Change: COP21 – Lessons from Copenhagen

Speakers

Cary Coglianese
Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Senator Penny Wong
Leader of the Opposition, Australian Senate

Location

Silverman Hall 147
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Professor Cary Coglianese moderates a discussion with Senator Penny Wong, Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Senate and former Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water, for a Critical Global Conversation looking ahead to the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference. Senator Wong will be introduced by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean for International Programs.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) will be held in Paris in December 2015, and promises to be the largest global summit on climate change.  The conference objective is to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate from all the nations of the world.

Program sponsored by International Programs, Penn Program on Regulation, and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.

Lunch will be provided; RSVP is requested. Please register here.