James Gustave Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has been named the Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor in the Practice of Environmental Policy.
"Dean Speth's distinguished contributions as a scholar and a leader in the practice of environmental law, climate change and energy make him well-deserving of this recognition," said Yale President Richard Levin.
Speth's areas of interest include U.S. and international environmental policy, climate change and related energy issues and sustainable development in developing societies. He has been an adviser, consultant and leader in initiatives to combat environmental degradation, earning him a reputation as one of the world's leading environmental stewards.
In his many publications, including the books Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment (2004) and Worlds Apart: Globalization and the Environment (2003), Speth has emphasized a need for international action on global climate change. In Global Environmental Governance (2006), he and political scientist Peter Haas examine 10 major global environmental threats and how they can be addressed through treaties, governance and new forms of international cooperation.
As a member and chair of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, Speth was President Carter's principal White House adviser on environmental affairs. In 1979 and 1980, he led efforts to call attention to climate change and other challenges to the global environment that are now widely acknowledged. In 2002, he was awarded the Blue Planet Prize for his early efforts.
Prior to joining Yale in 1999, Speth was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chair of the U.N. Development Group from 1993 to 1999. Previously, he founded and was president (1982-1992) of the World Resources Institute, a center for policy research and technical assistance on environmental and development issues. He also was a co-founder the Natural Resources Defense Council in 1970.
Sally Brown is a conservationist and a member of the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, National Parks and Conservation Association, State River Assessment Team and Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Society. In addition, she is Governor Emeritus of the Nature Conservancy and former director of the National Audubon Society. She is the subject of a documentary, Sally Brown: Force of Nature, produced by Kentucky Educational Television and narrated by Joanne Woodward. In addition, she is a member of the Leadership Council at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
"I consider Dean Speth a powerful force in making America aware of the threat to life on our planet from global climate change," Brown said.
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