Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate
Mon
Jun
25
Upcoming Event
The new dynamics of global energy: A conversation with IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol
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Washington, DC
2017
Nov
28
Past Event
Can tax reform include a carbon tax?
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Washington, DC
2017
Nov
10
Past Event
Discussion | Climate Change: India, the US, and beyond in the late 2017 World
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New Delhi, India
Bruce Jones
Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy
[On the G-7 Summit] Justin Trudeau would clearly like to avoid a G6 + 1.
[On the Paris Agreement] The most important piece of good news, and it wasn't a foregone conclusion, is that other countries have stayed in and doubled down on their general determination not to walk away, not to let the US 'cancel' the agreement.
[On the US Paris Agreement withdrawal] It’s good news that other countries haven’t walked away. The less positive part is that it has been very damaging for the US. In the absence of the US, we are seeing some countries try to pull back on what was agreed to in Paris. When you have the largest historical emitter not part of the deal, that is obviously not good.