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Summer Reads: The Pivotal Generation
Thu, June 9th, 2022
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Previous generations did not fully comprehend the dangers of burning fossil fuels and what effects our actions had on our planet, but today, we have at our disposal a breadth of research compounded with the power, and thus the responsibility, to save our planet and its people. Developed countries—inheritors of fossil fuel benefits and liabilities—have nearly broken the proverbial camel's back and therefore have an obligation to pull us back from the precipice of disaster, but can they act in time to mitigate the worst effects of global warming?
Join the Carnegie Endowment for the last of a two-part Summer Reads series featuring Henry Shue, author of The Pivotal Generation, and Dan Baer, acting director of Carnegie’s Europe Program, to reflect upon the modern environmentalist movement and where we are: at the last opportunity to act.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Dan Baer
Senior Vice President for Policy Research, Director, Europe Program
Dan Baer is senior vice president for policy research and director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Under President Obama, he was U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and he also served deputy assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Henry Shue
Henry Shue is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Studies of the Department of Politics and International Relations, Professor Emeritus of Politics and International Relations, and Senior Research Fellow Emeritus at Merton.