James Gustave Speth is co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He was a professor of law at Georgetown University; chairman of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality in the Carter administration; and founder and president of the World Resources Institute. From 1993 to 1999, he was administrator of the United Nations Development Programme; and completed his decade-long tenure in 2009 as dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is the co-chair of Next System Project.

6:15 p.m. Wine and cheese reception

7–8 p.m. Lecture and Q&A Session

Event is free, but requires registration.

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Location: Columbia Law School Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104 435 West 116th Street (at Amsterdam Avenue) NEAREST SUBWAY: 116th Street stop on #1 line.