Think Tank Establishes Center for Climate and Trade
The Climate Leadership Council is establishing a Center for Climate and Trade, which will have three co-chairs: former U.S. trade representative Charlene Barshefsky, who held that position during the Clinton administration; President George W. Bush's former chair for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, James Connaughton; and Jennifer Hillman, former commissioner at the U.S. International Trade Commission and former member of the World Trade Organization Appellate Body.
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The think tank will explore how trade policy can advance the fight against climate change, including through border carbon adjustments. “To support a global response to climate change, we must explore policies that target the 25 percent of global emissions embedded in internationally traded goods,” said Greg Bertelsen, CEO of the Climate Leadership Council.