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What has changed in the years between the Paris Climate Agreement and the most recent UN Climate Conference in Glasgow in 2021? How have these international agreements played out in terms of real progress on climate goals? How have the voices of young people shaped the direction of climate policy in the US and abroad? How can we maintain both a sense of optimism and urgency as we address the climate crisis? 

On Tuesday, February 22 at 12:15 p.m. Elan Strait, Senior Advisor at the US State Department and a negotiator at UN climate talks in Paris and Glasgow, will share his perspective on the evolution and impact of international agreements on climate progress in a dialogue with a Dartmouth student panel. 

Strait, who served in the Obama Administration and who worked on the Trump Administration transition team before leaving to found We Are Still In, a coalition of US organizations committed to the climate goals set forth in the Paris Agreement, will share highlights from the State Department perspective on the implications of COP26. He will also engage in dialogue on the youth perspective on COPs in general and COP26 in particular with Dartmouth student panelists Bridget McCarthy TU'22, Nathaniel Roe '23, and Abigail Wiseman '22 as well as with audience members. Dartmouth Sustainability Director Rosi Kerr '97 will moderate the conversation. 

Students are encouraged to attend this Zoom talk and bring their questions!

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