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 Center for the Study of Politics and Governance
 

Climate Change and Energy Security

 

Cosponsored with UN Foundation Better World Fund

Panelists:

  • J. Michael Davis, Assistant Laboratory Director, Energy and Environment, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (former Assistant Secretary of Energy under President George H.W. Bush)
  • Robert C. (Bud) McFarlane, President, McFarlane Associates, Inc. (former National Security Advisor to President Reagan)
  • George E. Pataki, Chairman, Pataki-Cahill Group (former Governor of New York)
  • R. James Woolsey, Venture Partner, VantagePoint Venture Partners (former Director of Central
    Intelligence under President Clinton)
  • Moderator: Reid Detchon, Executive Director, Energy and Climate, United Nations Foundation


Summary:
Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey frames the discussion by positing that future policy must make energy must be as secure as possible, as cheap as possible, and as clean as possible. Former New York Gov. George Pataki, Reagan National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, and fmr. Asst. Secretary of Energy Michael Davis discuss what must be done to reach a workable policy for energy security. For further highlights on this panel, read the live blog.