US President Barack Obama’s top science advisor will explore fresh ways to tackle energy challenges during a rigorous scientific debate, to be held at Columbia University in New York the day after the UN Climate Summit.
John Holdren, a former Harvard professor and an expert on environment and technology policy, will be one of six international thought leaders on the panel for the “Colloquium on Forests and Climate: New Thinking for Transformational Change” on 24 September.
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