Foreign Affairs Symposium: Cassie Flynn

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The Foreign Affairs Symposium hosts Cassie Flynn, head of the U.N. Climate Promise. This year's symposium explores "Shattered Reality: Reimagining the Future."

A champion for the environment, Flynn is the strategic advisor of climate change at the U.N. Development Programme and heads its Climate Promise, the world's largest offer of support for 120 countries to enhance their pledges under the Paris Agreement. In that capacity, she spearheads efforts to help nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and meet the challenges of climate change.

Previously, she worked to provide technical advice to countries on finance, capacity building, adaptation, and technology during the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, advised the prime minister of Fiji when the country held COP 23's presidency, and most recently, helped facilitate the Paris Accord negotiations.

Flynn's expertise in environmental advocacy and policy has also allowed her to help companies and civil society groups tackle climate change and sustainability issues. As a fierce advocate of our environment, her work directly impacts the narrative of climate change and our world's health.

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This event is co-sponsored by the International Studies Program and the SNF Agora Institute. Thank you to our other sponsors: the Parents Fund, the President's Office, and the Alumni Association.