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Drafting the Climate Agreements, from Rio to Kyoto to Paris

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Friday, October 28, 2016
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Sue Biniaz
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the University Program in Environmental Policy seminar series

Sue Biniaz, lead climate change lawyer for the U.S. State Department, will present "Drafting the Climate Agreements, from Rio to Kyoto to Paris" 10-11:30 a.m. Friday, October 28, in LSRC A156.

Initially, Biniaz worked on legal issues related to the Middle East, diplomatic law, and outer space. Then she turned to oceans, environmental, and scientific affairs, which has remained her specialization. After heading State's legal office for European Affairs, she headed the Oceans, Environment, and Science legal office of the State Department for many years. She then became deputy legal adviser, a position she held through 2013, where she also supervised the Treaty Office and issues related to human rights, the Western Hemisphere, law enforcement, and private international law. She has been the United States' principal lawyer on the climate change negotiations since 1989, and that continues to be her main focus. She attended Yale College and Columbia Law School, and clerked for Judge Dorothy Nelson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

This talk is part of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the University Program in Environmental Policy seminar series featuring leading experts discussing a variety of pressing environmentally focused topics.

Contact: David Bjorkback