From the Paris Climate Agreement to The Nature Conservancy - John Verdieck
12/12/20 • 47 min
John Verdieck is the Director of International Climate Policy at The Nature Conservancy. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, John worked in the US State Department where he was a lead negotiator on the Paris Climate Accord. In the interview John shares what it was like to be in Paris in 2015 as the agreement was finally coming together after years of hard work, the excitement and implications for Biden’s pledge to rejoin the agreement and the ways that The Nature Conservancy is working to fight climate change.
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John Verdieck is the Director of International Climate Policy at The Nature Conservancy. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, John worked in the US State Department where he was a lead negotiator on the Paris Climate Accord. In the interview John shares what it was like to be in Paris in 2015 as the agreement was finally coming together after years of hard work, the excitement and implications for Biden’s pledge to rejoin the agreement and the ways that The Nature Conservancy is working to fight climate change.
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If you would like to support the show please click here.
Music by:
- Audio Snack
- Theme music is by Juices
Sound design by Keaton Butler – keatonbutlerrecording at gmail.com
Please share the show with a friend.
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