The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong,its first director,after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in June 1972. Its mandate is to provide leadership,deliver science and develop solutions on a wide range of issues,including climate change,the management of marine and terrestrial ecosystems,and green economic development. The organization also develops international environmental agreements;publishes and promotes environmental science and helps national governments achieve environmental targets.
Timothy Endicott "Tim" Wirth is an American politician from Colorado who served as a Democrat in both the United States Senate (1987-1993) and the United States House of Representatives (1975–1987). He also served in several appointed roles in government,including as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education during the Nixon Administration and Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs for the U.S. State Department during the Clinton Administration. From 1998 to 2013,he served as the president of the United Nations Foundation,and currently sits on the Foundation's board.
Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda is a Filipina politician,environmentalist,cultural worker,and former journalist who is currently serving as the representative of Antique and as a House Deputy Speaker. She previously served as a senator twice:from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2019. She is the only female in the Philippines to top two senatorial elections:1998 and 2007. She also unsuccessfully ran for vice president twice:In 2004 as the running mate of Fernando Poe Jr.,and again in 2010 as the running mate of Manny Villar.
Carol Martha Browner is an American lawyer,environmentalist,and businesswoman,who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. She currently works as a Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group,a global business strategy firm.
Lael Brainard is an American economist serving as the 22nd Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve since May 23,2022. Prior to her term as vice chair,Brainard appointed a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2014. She previously served as the United States Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2010 to 2013.
David J. Hayes is an American attorney,former government official,and legal scholar who is an adjunct professor of law and the former executive director of the State Energy &Environmental Impact Center at the New York University School of Law. The State Impact Center is dedicated to helping state attorneys general fight against regulatory rollbacks and advocate for clean energy,climate change and environmental values and protections. It was launched in August 2017 with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and is non-partisan.
The climate change policy of the United States has major impacts on global climate change and on global climate change mitigation. This is because the United States is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the world after China,and is among the countries with the highest greenhouse gas emissions per person in the world. In total the United States has emitted over 400 billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses,more than any country in the world.
Regina McCarthy is an American air quality expert serving as the first White House National Climate Advisor under U.S. President Joe Biden. She served as the 13th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2013 to 2017 under U.S. President Barack Obama.
Ann E. Carlson is an American attorney and legal scholar who is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA School of Law,where she also serves as faculty co-director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment. She is an expert on U.S. environmental law and policy with a particular focus on climate change and environmental federalism.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
The contributions of women in climate change have received increasing attention in the early 21st century. Feedback from women and the issues faced by women have been described as "imperative" by the United Nations and "critical" by the Population Reference Bureau. A report by the World Health Organization concluded that incorporating gender-based analysis would "provide more effective climate change mitigation and adaptation."
Monica P. Medina is an American attorney and former military officer serving as the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the Department of State. Medina previously served as Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere,deputy associate attorney general,and general counsel of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She was also the U.S. Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission.
Brenda Mallory is an American lawyer specializing in environmental law who is the current chair of the Council on Environmental Quality in the Biden Administration. She previously served as director of regulatory policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center,and helped lead the Climate 21 Project.
Janet Garvin McCabe is an American attorney and academic who serves as the deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency since April 29,2021.
The environmental policy of the Joe Biden administration includes a series of laws,regulations,and programs introduced by United States President Joe Biden since he took office in January 2021. Many of the actions taken by the Biden administration have reversed the policies of his predecessor,Donald Trump.
Marisa Lago is an American attorney serving as the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. She previously served as director of the New York City Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission from 2017 to 2021. Before that,Lago served as assistant secretary for international markets and development in the United States Department of the Treasury from 2010 to 2017,and as president and chief executive officer of the Empire State Development Corporation from 2008 to 2009.
David M. Turk is an American attorney serving as the United States deputy secretary of energy in the Biden administration.
Meredith Ashley Berger is an American government official who is serving as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment since August 5,2021. From August 25,2021,until April 14,2022,she concurrently served as the designated official Performing the Duties of the United States Under Secretary of the Navy.
Richard G. Newell is an American energy economist and climate policy expert who served as the seventh administrator of the United States Energy Information Administration from 2009 to 2011. He is currently the president and CEO of Resources for the Future,a nonprofit environmental economics research and policy institute in Washington,D.C. He has previously served as Senior Economist for Energy and Environment on the President's Council of Economic Advisers and as Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at Duke University.
