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The 1997 Kyoto Protocol was the first of its kind – the creation of a new market based on trade in user rights to the global atmospheric commons. Graciela Chichilnisky worked extensively for Kyoto, creating and designing the carbon market that became international law in 2005, and acted as a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. In this lecture, Chichilnisky explains why it is imperative that the Kyoto Protocol is extended beyond 2012, offering two proposals (modest extensions of the Kyoto Protocol’s carbon market and its Clean Development Mechanism) which she believes will resolve the impasse between China and the US, and not just halt global warming, but reverse it; in doing so, redistributing global wealth.
Graciela Chichilnisky is UNESCO Professor of Mathematics and Economics and Director of the Columbia Consortium for Risk Management at Columbia University and the author of some 200 scientific articles and 13 books, including Saving Kyoto: An Insider’s Guide to What it is, How it Works and What it Means for the Future. She is an advisor to President Obama.
Graciela Chichilnisky has worked extensively in the Kyoto Protocol process, creating and designing the carbon market that became international law in 2005. Professor Chichilnisky acted as a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which received the 2007 Nobel Prize for its work in deciding world policy with respect to climate change. UNESCO Professor of Mathematics and Economics and Director of the Columbia Consortium for Risk Management at Columbia University, she is the author of some 200 scientific articles and 13 books, including Environmental Markets: Equity and Efficiency (Columbia University Press, 2000). She is co-author of Saving Kyoto: An Insider’s Guide to What it is, How it Works and What it Means for the Future and an advisor to President Obama .
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