Jesse Young, a member of John Kerry’s office at the State Department, will provide information on international climate finance. This meeting, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Noon Mountain Time, is open to the national group of faith organizations who work on environmental issues (WISC-EEWG) as well as IPL affiliates. We hope to learn more about international climate finance in the 2022 budget, as well as US plans for the COP.

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Biography: Since February 2021, Jesse Young has served as a senior advisor to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Prior to that, he was the climate change policy lead at Oxfam America, a global anti-poverty non-profit. He previously served as a senior advisor in the office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. State Department, where he was part of the team that helped negotiate the Paris Agreement in 2015. Prior to that, he worked as a policy advisor to U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (CT), where he focused on environment, energy, and transportation issues. He holds a master’s degree in global policy from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).