‘Citing the “complex, urgent and global threat of climate change,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today appointed a special envoy for climate change [Todd Stern], who will lead the United States in international climate negotiations…
The appointment caps off a day of aggressive environmental moves by the Obama administration. Together they signal a sharp break from the Bush administration, which took little action to mitigate climate change.’
via Clinton Names Climate Envoy – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.
Todd Stern coordinated the Clinton administration’s Initiative on Global Climate Change from 1997 to 1999, acting as the senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto and Buenos Aires negotiations.