How to Solve Climate Change

Obstacles: What is Climate Politics & Policy? ft. Daniel Farber


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Today you will learn from expert guest Daniel Farber about politics and policy, why it's an obstacle to solving climate change, and how we mitigate or eliminate the obstacle of the politics and policy for climate change solutions.

Timestamps:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (01:06) - What is policy?
  • (01:49) - Why do politics & policy impede us from creating solutions or overcoming climate change?
  • (07:07) - Why are politics & policy important to address?
  • (09:01) - How might we mitigate or eliminate the obstacle of politics & policy for climate change solutions?
  • (12:02) - Recommended resources
  • (13:08) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change
  • (14:50) - Final recommendations
  • (18:02) - Activity

  • Dan Farber is the Sho Sato Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Faculty Director of the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment. Professor Farber is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Life Member of the American Law Institute.

    Professor Farber is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he earned his B.A., M.A., and J.D. degrees. He graduated, summa cum laude, from the College of Law, where he was the class valedictorian and served as editor-in-chief of the University of Illinois Law Review. After law school, he was a law clerk for Judge Philip W. Tone of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and then for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Farber practiced law with Sidley & Austin, where he primarily worked on energy issues, before returning to the University of Illinois as a faculty member in 1978. He taught at the University of Minnesota Law School faculty from 1981 to 2002, where he was the McKnight Presidential Professor of Public Law. He also has been a visiting professor at the Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School.


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