Todd Stern

Todd Stern
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United States Special Envoy for Climate Change
In office January 26, 2009 – April 1, 2016
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jonathan Pershing
White House Staff Secretary
In office June 30, 1995 – March 11, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John Podesta
Succeeded by	Phillip Caplan
Personal details
Born	(1951-05-04) May 4, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Dartmouth College Harvard University

Todd D. Stern (born May 4, 1951) is the United States Special Envoy for Climate Change, leading talks at the United Nations climate change conferences and smaller sessions, appointed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January 26, 2009.

Stern was previously under the Bill Clinton administration Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary in the White House from 1993 to 1998, during which time he also acted as the senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol and Buenos Aires negotiations.

Biography

Stern graduated from Dartmouth College in 1973, and earned a J.D. at Harvard Law School.

E-8

He has proposed the creation of the E-8, a novel international group uniting leading developed nations and developing ones for an annual gathering focused on combating global warming.

See also

• Center for American Progress
• Climate debt
• David Sandalow
• Initiative on Global Climate Change
• WilmerHale

External links

• “The only sustainable development is low carbon development,” Todd Stern says (Video, 2009)
• State Dept.: Official bio
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Political offices
Preceded by John Podesta	White House Staff Secretary 1995–1998	Succeeded by Phillip Caplan
Diplomatic posts
New office	United States Special Envoy for Climate Change 2009–present	Succeeded by Jonathan Pershing Designate