Climate expert to speak April 18

Daniel Bodansky, coordinator of the federal government’s climate change policy during the final two years of the Clinton administration, will give a free public lecture Thursday, April 18, at UW–Madison.

“Global Climate Change Law and Policy: The Growing Split Between U.S. and European Climate Change Policies” is the topic of his presentation at 3:30 p.m. in 2260 Law Building, 975 Bascom Mall.

Bodansky, a senior negotiator for the U.S. State Department in the Kyoto Protocol negotiations from 1999-2001, is now a law professor at the University of Washington, where he teaches international law, international environmental law, and foreign relations law. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that seeks to mitigate global warming.

While at the State Department, he headed the U.S. delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Plenary (2000) and Working Group III (2001). He also has been a consultant to the United Nations.

The visit is co-sponsored by Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy, the European Union Center, the Center for International Business Education and Research, the Institute for Environmental Studies, and the International Practice Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

For information, contact UW–Madison law professor Greg Shaffer, (608) 265-4187.