{"id":1252,"date":"2009-12-08T07:11:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2009-12-08T07:11:20","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T11:11:20","slug":"bridging-the-gap-at-copenhagen-john-pershing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/2009\/12\/bridging-the-gap-at-copenhagen-john-pershing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging the Gap at Copenhagen &#8211; John Pershing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kyoto 2 Copenhagen group started out our interviewing process with a bang on Saturday.\u00a0 While waiting for a temporary lockdown to lift, we found ourselves stuck in a crowd with John Pershing, the Head of the US Delegation!\u00a0 The group all crowded around as Dickinson student Kelly Rogers asked Mr. Pershing what differentiations should be made between the responsibilities of developed and developing countries, and how the debate over responsibilities is affecting the negotiations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 321px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acceleratingchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/jpershing.jpg\" alt=\"John Pershing is now the Head of the US Delegation at Copenhagen\" width=\"311\" height=\"233\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Pershing is now the Head of the US Delegation at Copenhagen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Pershing was also friendly enough to answer a few questions about his background, as a geologist, researching prehistoric climates in Svalbard.\u00a0 He explained that his education and career have always been focused on environmental law and science, and he debated whether to seek his PhD or to become an environmental lawyer.\u00a0 Today, he holds a PhD and works on the most pressing environmental policy issues of the times, leading the US Delegation here in Copenhagen.\u00a0 This interaction of science and policy will be one of the most important relationships influencing the negotiations, and bridging that gap is essential in order for delegates, scientists, and other parties to cooperate successfully at Copenhagen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kyoto 2 Copenhagen group started out our interviewing process with a bang on Saturday.\u00a0 While waiting for a temporary lockdown to lift, we found ourselves stuck in a crowd with John Pershing, the Head of the US Delegation!\u00a0 The group all crowded around as Dickinson student Kelly Rogers asked Mr. Pershing what differentiations should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1811],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kyoto-to-copenhagen-course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/copenhagen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}