When was the last time you read a great diplomatic thriller?
If it’s been a while, I have one for you.
For over 30 years, an intrepid team of diplomats have been fighting to negotiate a pact to save the planet.
Their path was filled with twists and turns: secret negotiations with China in the dead of night, a deeply divided Congress threatening to derail everything, oil-producing nations fighting for survival, and multiple near-death moments for the agreement. Unlikely alliances forged in the eleventh hour.
This isn’t fiction – it’s the inside story of the Paris Climate Agreement. Todd Stern, President Obama’s Special Envoy for Climate Change (and my old boss), takes readers behind the curtain in his gripping new book, Landing the Paris Climate Agreement: The Year That Changed the Climate Fight.
Part of what makes this story truly special are the unsung heroes: career U.S. Department of State officials who dedicated years to this mission. People like Sue Biniaz, Jonathan Pershing, Trigg Talley, Paul Bodnar, David Vance Wagner, Clare Sierawski, David Turk, Emily McGlynn, PhD, Valeri Vasquez, Jessica Brown, Christo Artusio, Kim Carnahan, Alexia Kelly, Kate Larsen, and countless others who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, driven by the conviction that we could—and must—find a way to address climate change.
Their persistence paid off. In December 2015, after years of painstaking diplomacy, 196 countries united behind a plan to save the earth.
Want to understand how diplomacy really works? How the U.S. helped broker the most important environmental agreement in history? And what it will take to win the climate fight?
Get your copy here: https://shorturl.at/XO8kK
This isn’t just a book about climate change. It’s a masterclass in making the impossible possible.
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