A Transatlantic Dialogue on the Green New Deal with John Kerry and Sigmar Gabriel

April 29, 2009, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

The Center for American Progress Action Fund and Bucerius Law School, Germany, are pleased to host a premiere transatlantic policy event featuring Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Sigmar Gabriel, German Federal Minister for the Environment.

This event will feature an open conversation between Senator Kerry and Minister Gabriel on climate change and the transition to a green economy, and a panel of American and German experts speaking on the role of economic growth and modernization in producing green jobs. The panel will draw upon lessons that might be learned from Germany and the EU for the U.S. in shaping a green recovery in light of the need to forge an international agreement in response to climate change.