FP Climate Summit 2023

Catalyzing action to address climate change

COP27 witnessed major breakthroughs for the world’s response to climate change. Chief among those included establishing disaster-relief loss and damage funds, transitioning from fossil fuels, and achieving net-zero through decarbonization technology and scalable energy solutions with a focus on the Global South. While these talks have proven fruitful, the time has come to start implementing these strategies and answering how to maintain shared commitments and what the next steps should look like toward achieving a greener, and more equitable, future. 

Join Foreign Policy as we convene prominent leaders, experts, and advocates from civil, economic, and environmental sectors for high-level, actionable discussions for our third annual Foreign Policy Climate Summit. Featuring a comprehensive agenda based on themes from COP27, we will explore how governments and organizations are making progress, identifying and implementing best practices, and navigating the road ahead to COP28.

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Event Details

The Showroom
1099 14th St. NW,
Washington, DC, 20005

Speakers

Gillian Caldwell

Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Gillian serves as the Chief Climate Officer and is responsible for directing and overseeing all climate and environment work across the agency. Sh...
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Caldwell_Gillian

Selwin Hart

Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition, Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 4 February 2020 the appointment of Selwin Hart of Barbados as Special Adviser to t...
Portrait of Selwin Charles Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team.
Portrait of Selwin Charles Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team.

John Kerry (virtual)

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State
On January 20, 2021, John F. Kerry was sworn in as our nation’s first Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and the first-ever Principal to sit on the National Security Counc...
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 25:  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks before a meeting of the UN Security Council on July 25, 2013 in New York City. At the meeting Kerry expressed American support for the the Secretary General's Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.  (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 25: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks before a meeting of the UN Security Council on July 25, 2013 in New York City. At the meeting Kerry expressed American support for the the Secretary General's Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Dr. Hoesung Lee (virtual)

Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Dr. Hoesung Lee is Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), elected since October 2015, and Endowed Chair Professor at Korea...
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Lee_Hoesung

Senator Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator, Oregon
As Oregon’s U.S. Senator, Jeff’s goal is to make Washington work for working Americans. He is fighting to create good jobs for working Oregoni...
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Merkley_Jeff

Sherry Rehman (virtual)

Federal Minister of Climate Change & Parliamentary Leaders of the Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan
Senator Sherry Rehman is Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Climate Change, Vice President of the UNEA, and founding chair of the Jinnah Institute, ...
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Rehman_Sherry

Cobie Smulders

Actress & Save the Children Ambassador
Cobie Smulders is a Canadian-American actress and producer. Within her two decades of industry experience, Smulders has worked in film, television...
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Smulders_Cobie

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

U.S. Senator, Rhode Island
Sheldon Whitehouse has earned a reputation in the Senate as a fierce advocate for progressive values and a thoughtful legislator capable of reachi...
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Whitehouse_Sheldon

Ali Zaidi

National Climate Advisor, The White House
Ali Zaidi serves as Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor. In this role, he leads the White House Climate Policy Office, which c...
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Zaidi_Ali

Ravi Agrawal

EDITOR IN CHIEF, FOREIGN POLICY
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy, a role he assumed in November 2020 after two years as the magazine’s managing editor. Before joining FP, Agrawal worked...
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Dr. Mayesha Alam

VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH, FP ANALYTICS, FOREIGN POLICY
Dr. Mayesha Alam is vice president of research at FP Analytics where she oversees the research team and leads research development for clients and partners. She previously helpe...
Mayesha Alam
Mayesha Alam

Joshua Baca

Vice President, Plastics Division, American Chemistry Council
As Vice President of ACC’s Plastics Division, Joshua oversees strategic programs to advance a science-based policy agenda, national outreach, an...
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Baca_Joshua

Dr. Annalise Blum

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior
Dr. Annalise Blum is a hydrologist with expertise in climate, water, and national security policy.  She serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary ...
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Blum_Annalise

Allison Carlson

Executive Vice President, FP Analytics & Events, Foreign Policy
Allison Carlson is the Executive Vice President of FP Analytics & Events at Foreign Policy. She oversees FPA’s cross-cutting research at the intersection of poli...
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Carlson-Allison-foreign-policy-staff-portraits-20227-e1668635426960

Todd Clewett

Director, Sustainability and Government, Fortescue Future Industries
Todd is currently the global lead for public policy and government relations for Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and leads the sustainability fu...
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Clewett_Todd

Landon Derentz

Senior Director, Global Energy Center; Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council
Landon Derentz is Senior Director and Richard L. Morningstar chair for global energy security at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center. Under ...
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Derentz_Landon

Andrew Deutz

Managing Director, Global Policy and Conservation Finance, The Nature Conservancy
Dr. Andrew Deutz is the Managing Director of Global Policy, and Conservation Finance at The Nature Conservancy. He is an expert in international environmental law, policy and di...
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Laurent Kimman

Principal, Finance & Transparency, Minderoo Foundation’s Plastics initiative
Laurent Kimman is Principal, Finance & Transparency, at Minderoo Foundation’s Plastics initiative. He supports the Founda...
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John Kotek

Senior Vice President, Policy Development and Public Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute
John Kotek is NEI’s Senior Vice President of Policy Development and Public Affairs. He is responsible for providing policy and public affairs leadership on financial, economic...
John Kotek
John Kotek

Maggie Lake

VETERAN JOURNALIST AND FOUNDER, MAGGIE LAKE MEDIA
Maggie Lake is a veteran journalist with more than two decades of experience covering business, technology, politics, and international affairs. She started her career at Reuter...
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Maggie Murray Headshots

Rachel Kyte

Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Rachel Kyte is the 14th dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Kyte is the first woman to lead the United States' oldest graduate-only school of international aff...
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Dean Rachel Kyte_081121_062

Dr. Winnie Lau

Project Director, Preventing Ocean Plastics, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Winnie Lau, Ph.D., is a project director with Pew’s preventing ocean plastics project, which aims to propose strategies to reduce the global oce...
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Lau_Winnie

Jake Levine

Chief Climate Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Jake Levine serves as Chief Climate Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, where he leads the agency's climate team, and is responsible for setting t...
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JLevine 400x400

Robin Millican

Senior Director of U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
Robin Millican is Senior Director of U.S. Policy and Advocacy at Breakthrough Energy, a network of entities and initiatives founded by Bill Gates ...
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Millican_Robin

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State
Geoffrey R. Pyatt, a career member of the Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources on S...
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Lisa Raitt (virtual)

Vice-Chair, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets
The Honourable Lisa Raitt joined CIBC Capital Markets in January 2020, having previously worked in both the public and private sectors. Ms. Raitt...
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Raitt, Lisa

Janti Soeripto

President & CEO, Save the Children US 
Janti Soeripto is President and CEO of Save the Children US, a role she assumed in 2020 as the international humanitarian organization began its s...
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Soeripto_Janti

Andrew Sollinger

PUBLISHER & CEO, FOREIGN POLICY
Andrew Sollinger is the publisher and CEO of Foreign Policy, which he joined in 2018. Previously, he was executive vice president at Business Insider, executive director of Capi...
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Sollinger-Andrew-foreign-policy-staff-portraits-202237

Dr. Sera Young

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health at Northwestern University and co-lead of the Making Water Crisis Visible group at the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Sera Young is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health and a fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She has...
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Young_Sera

Agenda

Welcome Remarks
Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
View from Congress: Financing the United States Energy Transition
The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator, Rhode Island
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Accelerating the Global Climate Action Agenda
Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition, Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), United Nations
Sherry Rehman, Federal Minister of Climate Change and Parliamentary Leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan (virtual)
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Mobilizing Green Investments
John Kotek, Senior Vice President, Policy & Public Affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute
Robin Millican, Senior Director, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
Lisa Raitt, Vice Chair, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets (virtual)
Moderator: Maggie Lake, Veteran Journalist & Founder, Maggie Lake Media
The United States on the Path to Net-Zero
Ali Zaidi, National Climate Advisor, The White House
Moderator: Dr. Mayesha Alam, Vice President of Research, FP Analytics, Foreign Policy
How to Defuse the Climate Change Time Bomb
Hoesung Lee, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (virtual)
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Spotlight: Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation
Dr. Andrew Deutz, Managing Director, Global Policy and Conservation Finance, The Nature Conservancy
Jake Levine, Chief Climate Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Moderator: Allison Carlson, Executive Vice President, FP Analytics and Events, Foreign Policy
Networking Break
View from Congress: Renewable Incentives vs. Fossil Fuel Cuts
The Honorable Jeff Merkley, United States Senator, Oregon
Moderator: Andrew Sollinger, Publisher and CEO, Foreign Policy
Climate Finance in Focus
Rachel Kyte, Dean, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
The Future of Plastics
Joshua Baca, Vice President, Plastics Division, American Chemistry Council
Laurent Kimman, Principal, Finance & Transparency, Plastics Initiative, Minderoo Foundation
Dr. Winnie Lau, Project Director, Preventing Ocean Plastics, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Moderator: Maggie Lake, Veteran Journalist & Founder, Maggie Lake Media
Strategies for Strengthening Water Security
Dr. Annalise Blum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior
Janti Soeripto, President & Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children US
Dr. Sera Young, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health, Northwestern University
Moderator: Allison Carlson, Executive Vice President, FP Analytics & Events, Foreign Policy
With a special introduction by: Cobie Smulders, Actress & Save the Children Ambassador
Action for a Secure and Sustainable Energy Future (pre-recorded)
John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy
Energy Security and the Future of Fuel
Todd Clewett, Director of Government Sustainability, Fortescue
Landon Derentz, Senior Director, Richard L. Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center
Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State
Moderator: Andrew Sollinger, Publisher & CEO, Foreign Policy
Transforming USAID's Approach to Climate: A Behind-the-Scenes Look with Gillian Caldwell
Gillian Caldwell, Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Moderator: Dr. Mayesha Alam, Vice President of Research, FP Analytics, Foreign Policy
Closing Remarks
Andrew Sollinger, Publisher & CEO, Foreign Policy

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