Climate Leadership: Persuasion, Advocacy and Negotiation

Harvard HKS

The world is on fire. Smoke darkens the sky. Scorching heat. Violent storms. Mass extinction.In this perilous moment in human history, the world desperately needs leaders with the courage, drive and hardball political skills to fight climate change and help restore the natural world. Environmental leaders must also recognize how marginalized communities suffer disproportionately from pollution and climate change. Leadership is difficult in any enterprise, but it is especially difficult…