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Who is Todd Stern? And, why should you care?
We are coming upon a time when the global community will be reviewing, reevaluating and rewriting the Kyoto Protocol. This is the document that each and every country will have to agree to in our win over climate change.

Todd Stern is the man who is representing YOU in those talks.

Hillary Clinton appointed him yesterday to head a larger group of people responsible that will be known as the Global Climate Change Envoy, stating:

“As we take steps at home, we will also vigorously pursue negotiations, those sponsored by the United Nations and those at the sub-global, regional and bilateral level, that can lead to binding international climate agreements,” Clinton said. “No solution is feasible without all major emitting nations joining together and playing an important part.”

Todd Stern was a senior White House advisor under President Clinton, so maybe it won’t surprise you that Hillary Clinton appointed him to his latest position. However, please do not assume this is just nepotism. His credentials do justify this role.

Time Magazine has published some facts about Mr. Sterns:

Law degree from Harvard in 1977 and After completing his law degree, Stern served as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society for two years, followed by more than a decade working for private firms

Under President Clinton, he was the senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, which called for the stabilization of greenhouse gas emissions.

Currently a senior fellow at the think tank Center for American Progress, where he focuses on climate change and environmental issues. He is also a member of the (Council on Foreign Relations) and a vice chair of public policy for the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

“Evaporation and rainfall are increasing; glaciers are retreating; sea ice is shrinking; sea level is rising; permafrost is melting; wildfires are increasing; storm and flood damage is soaring. The canary in the coal mine is singing for all she’s worth.” — on reading the signs of climate change (Center for American Progress, May 28, 2004)