. >> tuesday night on c-span, a conversation with entrepreneur jerry greenfield of men and jerry's ice cream on the decision to start a business. here is a look. >> because, you know, then and i wanted to have a little ice cream shop and we wanted to make and scoop ice cream to our customers and when we found --selves becoming a is this, becoming a business, we really did not like it. you know, for you guys who are students here you may have grandsons who lived through the 60's. you guys have read about the 1960's in history books and peace and love and hippies and all that stuff. that was then and me. we had all these negative feelings about business and so we were actually going to get out of the business and then three and a friend of his who convinced him that there were things we did not like about ofiness, if we thought businesses as these entities that took advantage of employees or spoiled the environment or exploited communities. and that is the way we saw business clearly. that is who we were. that if we did not like those things we could just change them. that we could essen

greenfield: ben & jerry's defines a heavy user as having one pint a week. >> you have a lot of heavy users. so the flavors, how much was the two of you throwing it in the bowl? mr. greenfield: ben came up with all the flavors. you know, i should tell you guys, ben is the entrepreneurial guy between the two of us, sort of the classic entrepreneur, loves to try new things, is fine with making mistakes, has always said he would rather fail at something new there and do something that has already been done before. and i like a manageable agenda. i like to be told what to do. put me in the box, tell me to do this, i'll do it. ben did everything at the company that was creative, entrepreneurial, groundbreaking. he established a social mission, and he was outspoken about social and political stands. he came up with all the flavors. ben came up with the big chunks of cookies and candies. he cannot really taste, so he also came up with the really strongly flavored ice cream. so that's the flavor story. so ben & jerry's has all these unusual creative flavors that other companies weren't willing

tuesday night, jerry greenfield cofounder of ben & jerry's ice cream talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> the idea that we could not sell enough ice cream in vermont in the summer forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night cheney and -- dick cheney and leon panetta about defense under donald trump. challenges are very great and we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to meet those threats. >> we're living in that period where there are a lot of flashpoints. a new administration has to look at that kind of world and to to deal with that. but then, develop the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> a look at the career of vice president mike pence. >> admits to the shifting sand we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage, and the freedom of religion. farewell speeches attributed to several outgoing senators including harry reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte, and dan coats. this week in prime time on c-span. >> this weekend on american artifacts w

jerry's ice cream? [laughter] >> i'm just curious. mr. greenfield: my favorite dream, a americone vanilla ice cream with caramel swirl, fudge covered pieces of waffle cones. within the top five flavors, jerry garcia, half-baked, tonight dough has moved into the top five. i think chunky monkey is close to the top five. and cookie dough always up there. >> we have a few of those today. mr. greenfield: we do, we have cookie go, chocolate fudge brownie, jerry garcia. the sooner we stop talking -- [applause] >> no pressure, but we are going to make this last question. >> [inaudible] i talk about how different flavors really to different things i'm involved in and my personality. i was wondering if you have a flavor you think embodies you or social issue you care about. mr. greenfield: as i mentioned, ben & jerry's currently has a campaign about voter suppression and reauthorizing the voting rights act, which was recently overturned in the supreme court. that flavor is called empowerment, which is a peppermint ice cream with fudge brownies and a chocolate

give life count -- live coverage .e have live coverage tuesday night, jerry greenfield the cofounder of ben & jerry's asking talks about creative and responsible business practices. we couldn'tthat sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business. that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night former vice dick cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta on the feature of the defense department. >> i think the challenges are very great. we have come unfortunately, over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities. >> we are living in that period of many flashpoints. a new administration will have to look at that kind of world. obviously, define policy that we need in order to deal with that. then, developed the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> thursday, a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> amidst the shifting sands of contemporary culture we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage, and the freedom of religion. >> on friday night beginning at

greenfield: i was not. ben and jerry's has a local franchise scoop job. i was doing a scoop shot visit, a jerry appearance. i was jerry for an hour last night. it was very exciting. >> and there is so much in your story, but i think for many who haven't heard the origins, i would love it if you share it. mr. greenfield: should i talk with you or the audience? what works? >> yes, some combination of just briefly, ben and i are friends from junior high school. we met in seventh grade gym class running around the track where we were the two slowest, fattest kids in the class. i went to college and was rejected from all the medical schools i applied to. then, went to three or four colleges.

jerry's ice cream? [laughter] >> i'm just curious. mr. greenfield: my favorite flavor is americone dream, a vanilla ice cream with caramel swirl, fudge covered pieces of waffle cones. [laughter] for you that are interested, i think within the top five flavors, jerry garcia, half-baked, tonight dough has moved into the top five. i think chunky monkey is close to the top five. [laughter] mr. greenfield: and cookie dough always up there. host: we have a few of those today. mr. greenfield: we do, we have cookie dough chocolate fudge , brownie, jerry garcia. the sooner we stop talking -- [applause] [laughter] host: no pressure, but we are going to make this last question. >> hi. [inaudible] talk about how different flavors really to different things i'm involved in and my personality. i was wondering if you have a flavor you think embodies you or something you are passionate about, in issue you care about. mr. greenfield: as i mentioned, ben & jerry's currently has a campaign about voter suppression and reauthorizing the voting rights act, which was rece

. >> tonight, a conversation with oxford nor, jerry greenfield -- with entrepreneur, jerry greenfield. here's a look. i because, you know, ben and wanted to have a little ice cream shop. we want to make an scoop ice cream to our customers. when we found ourselves becoming , we really did not like it. students,ys who are you may have grandparents who lived through the 60's -- the 1960's. you guys have read about the 60's and history books and peace and love and hippies and all that stuff. we had all of these negative feelings about is this. -- about business. we were going to get out of business. ben had a friend who convinced him if there are things we do if weke about this, thought of businesses as these entities that took advantage of employees or spoiled the environment or exploited communities, that is the way we saw business. that if we did not like those things, we could change them. we could make our business anything we wanted it to be. we made a conscious decision to try and have our business evolve to something that supported employees, supported the community and did >> ton

. >>> this week on c-span, tuesday night at 8:00 jerry greenfield co-founder of ben and jerry's ice cream talks about creative business practices. >> actually the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night former vice president cheney and former defense secretary panetta on the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great and i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities. to be able to meet those threats. >> living in that period, there are a lot of flash point. and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday at 8 will okay p.m. eastern, a look at career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, importance of marriage and freedom of religion. >> on f

. >>> this week on c-span, tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, co-founder of ben & jerry's ice cream talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> actually, the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta on the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great. and i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> we're living in that period there are a lot of flash points. and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. and obviously, define policy that we need in order to deal with that. but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> thursday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> and amidst the shifting sands of contemporary culture and law,

. >> tonight, a conversation with oxford nor, jerry greenfield -- with entrepreneur, jerry greenfieldhere's a look. i because, you know, ben and wanted to have a little ice cream shop. we want to make an scoop ice cream to our customers. when we found ourselves becoming , we really did not like it. fo

. >>> this week on c-span, tuesday night at 8:00 jerry greenfield co-founder of ben and jerry's ice cream talks about creative business practices. >> actually the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night former vice president cheney and former defense secretary panetta on the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great and i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities. to be able to meet those threats. >> living in that period, there are a lot of flash point. and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday at 8 will okay p.m. eastern, a look at career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, importance of marriage and freedom of religion. >> on f

greenfield: we were not looking for a career. >> when that moment arrived and you got this giant multinational corporation that wants to buy ben & jerry's, how do you guys respond to that? mr. greenfield: for context for folks, we started in 1978 and ben & jerry's got acquired in 2000 and 2001. we first went public in the state of vermont in 1984 and we went public nationally in 1985. we have been a public company for about 15 years. and we were what i would describe as fiercely independent. at that time -- about 10 years into the business we crafted a mission statement that had, that formalized a three-part mission. there was a product mission, an economic mission, and a social mission. and the social mission explicitly talked about using the power of the business to innovatively address social and environmental issues. so, that was part of the mission and we actually started doing social impact reports, starting in 1985. so, we did those annually. at that point, we were measuring our success on both financial and social impact. 2000, another company came along wanting to purchase ben & jerry's and our response was, we don't want to be

tuesday night at eight, jerry greenfield, cofounder of ben and jerry's ice cream talks about responsible business practices. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream from the summer in vermont that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and secretary leon panetta on thefuture of the defense department under president trump . >> i see the challenges are very great and we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities and to be able to meet those threats. >> living in that. there were a lot of flashpoint and the new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world and obviously defined the policies that we need in order to deal with that but then develop a policy to confront that kind of world. >> first at 8 pm eastern, look at the career of vice president mike pence. >> and amidst the shifting sands of contemporary culture and lawwe have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage and the freedom of religion . >> on friday night begin

. >>> this week on c-span, tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, co-founder of ben & jerry's ice cream talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> actually, the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta on the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great. and i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> we're living in that period there are a lot of flash points. and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. and obviously, define policy that we need in order to deal with that. but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> thursday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> and amidst the shifting sands of contemporary culture and law,

. >>> this week on c-span, tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, co-founder of ben & jerry's ice cream talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> actually, the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta on the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great. and i think we have unfortunately over the course

[laughter] [indistinct conversation] >> this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00, jerry greenfield talks about created and responsible business practices. if we could not tell enough ice cream in the , that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, dick cheney on the futureta of the depends department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great and we have, unfortunately, done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> living in that. period, there are a lot of flashpoints and the new administration will have to look at back underworld and obviously, define policy that we need in order to deal with that, but then, developed the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of white pence. >> the shifting sands, we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage, and the freedom of religion. aton friday night beginning 8:00, farewell speeches to several outgoing senators including harry reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte, and da

and so all the way from vermont, please help me welcome jerry greenfield. [ applause ] >> so swag aplenty've got t-shirts, sunny's for you. so welcome. >> wonderful to be here. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> really thrilled to be here. >> you were here last night scooping ice cream. >> i was not actually scooping ice cream, so ben & jerry's has a local franchise scoop shop, and i was doing a scoop shop appearance, a jerry appearance. i told stewart, i was jerry for an hour last night. it was very exciting. >> and there is so much in your story. but i think for many who haven't heard origin story of ben & jerry's, i'd love you to share that. >> should i talk with you or the people? >> yes, some combination of those things. >> so just briefly, ben and i are friends from junior high school. we met in seventh grade gym class running around the track where we were the two slowest, fattest kids in the class. i went to college and was rejected from all the medical schools i applied to. ben went to three or four colleges, which he dropped out of. the last program ben went to -- so ben had go

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tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield talks about creative and responsible business practices. the idea that we could not sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, dick cheney and leon panetta on the future of the defense department under donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great and i think we have unfortunately, over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threads. during thatving time when there are a lot of flashpoints. a new administration will have to look at that kind of world and obviously, defined policy. we need that in order to do with that. but then, develop a defense policy to confront what kind of work. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of mike pence. >> amidst the shifting sands of culture and law, we have stood with the freedom of religion, ge,ortance of marriage. , elect. this week in prime time on c-span. lorettaney general lynch talks about her tenure as head of the justice department.

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tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, ben & jerry's ice cream talks about business practices. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former advice press, dictik cheney and leon panetta. >> the challenges are very great and we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> we're living in that period, a lot of flash points, and a new administration will have to look at that kind of world. and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that. but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of vice-president elect mike pence. >> culture and law, we have stood without apology for the sa sanctity of life. >> fair werewell speeches to ha reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte. this week in primetime on c-span. >>> c-span, where lhistory unfolds dale daily. in 1979, america's cable television companies,

. >> this week on c-span, tonight tonight at 8:00 p.m., jerry greenfield, cofounder ben and jerry ice cream talks about business practices. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer, that fold forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night former vp dick cheney and leon pannetta on the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great and i think we have, unfortunately, unfortunately, over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> we are living in that time where there are a lot of flashpoints and the new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world, and obviously, divine policy that we need in order to deal with that, but then, develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday at eight pm eastern, a eastern, a look at the career of vice president mike pence. >> admitted and missed the shifting sands, we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the, the importance of marriage, a

c-span, tonight at 8:00, jerry greenfield, cofounder of ben & jerry's thoughts about creative and responsibleusiness practices. >> the idea that we could not sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business. it forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney a former defense. leon panetta on the future of the defense department under donald trump. i think the challenges are very great and we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. leon panetta: living in a time for there are flashpoints and a new administration will have to look at that kind of world. obviously, the fine policy that we need -- defined policy that we need and develop the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of mike pence. ofamid the shifting sense contemporary culture we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage, and the freedom of religion. beginning atnight, 8:00, farewell

tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, co founder of ben & jerry's ice cream. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice-president, dick cheney and leon panetta. >> the challenges are very great, and i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> we're living from that period, a lot of flash points, and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that, but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of vice-president elect mike pence. >> amid the shifting stands of contemporary culture of law, we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage and freedom of religion. >> on friday night, beginning at 8:00, farewell speeches to several outgoing senators, including harry re

tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, co-founder of ben & jerry's ice cream talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> actually the idea that we couldn't sell enough in vermont to open business forced us to look at other markets. >> wednesday night dick cheney and leon panetta under donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great and i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities a new administration has to look at that kind of world and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that. to confront that kind of world. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> amidst the shifting sands of contemporary culture and law we stood without apology for the sanctity of life the importance of marriage and the freedom of religion. >> on friday night beginning at 8:00, farewell speeches and tributes to several outgoing senators, including harry reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte and dan coates. in week in prime time on c-span. mac thornberry on mi

tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, co-founder of ben & jerry's ice cream talk about creative and responsible business practices. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night former vice president dick cheney and defense secretary leon panetta under the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great. i think we have unfortunately over the course of many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> living in that period where there are a lot of flash points. a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that. but then develop the defense policy to confront that work. >> thursday 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of vice president mike pence. >> amidst shifting sands of contemporary culture and law we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage, an

. >>> this week on c-span, jerry greenfield talks about creative and responsible business practices. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and leon panetta oftn the future of the defense department under president-elect trump. >> i think the challenges are great and i think we have over the last many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> we're moving in that period. there are a lot of flash points. and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world and obviously define policy that we need in order to deal with that but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. >> and we have stood without apology for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage, and the freedom of religion. >> on friday night beginning at 8:00, farewell speeches and tributes to several

tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield talks about creative and responsible business practices.he idea that i couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer to stay in business that forced us to look for other markets. >> i think we have unfortunately over the course of the last many years. done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> wie living in that period. there are a lot of flash points, and administration is going to have to look at that kind of world. and obviously to find policy that we need in order to deal with that, but then develop the defense policy to confront that kind of work. >> thursday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern. look at the career of president-elect-elect mike pence. >> and amidst the sands of culture of law, we stand without apology for the sanctity of life. the importance of marriage and the freedom of religion. >> on friday night, beginning at 8:00, farewell speeches and attributes to several outgoing senators including harry reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte, and dan coates. this week in prime time, on c-span. >> sunday, january

visit ncicap.org] >> today on c-span, a conversation with the ben & jerry's cofounder jerry greenfieldollowed by women entrepreneurs discussing innovation and does -- and diversity in silicon valley. then retiring senator barbara mikulski gives her farewell address from the senate floor and later, look at this year's white house christmas decorations and the lighting of the national christmas tree. >> every weekend, book tv gives you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors and hear what -- and here's what's coming up of a book about a book about abandoned schools across the u.s. at 8 p.m., joseph beck talks about his book, a

that is followed at 10:00 by a conversation with then and jerry's cofounder jerry greenfield. later, women entrepreneurs discuss innovation and diversity in silicon valley. on today's washington journal, npr correspondent tom chilton talks about his book "a nation of nations" which examines how the nation has changed following the integration act. later, robert jones on his ♪ morning.d it is saturday, december 20 4, 2016. christmas eve and the first day of konica which begins this evening. in the headlines, a vote yesterday by the un security council demanding israel stop expansion of jewish settlements in palestinian territory has caused a rift between the obama administration and president-elect donald trump. the united states abstained from the vote, a departure from tradition which has seen the united states beat so such resolutions. the abstention, which allows the measure to pass, was met with

greenfield: i have got to show my -- this is where it's at. [applause] host: where do we find ice cream? back in the hallway? head down the hallway, ben & jerry's ice cream is waiting for you. mr. greenfield: i will be hanging out, happy to chat. host: thank you so much. mr. greenfield: thank you. >> i am looking forward to the next flavor. >> it is called the 1%, 99% vanilla -- [chatter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this holiday weekend on c-span, these are our featured programs. look at farewell speeches and tributes for outgoing members of congress on the white house. eastern at 12:30 p.m. with barbara mikulski and tribute and speeches for vice president joe biden. at 8 p.m., christmas at the white house join michelle obama . as she received the official white house christmas tree. two or the white house and see this year's decorations. make crafting products with children of military families and finally, the tree lighting ceremony. at hear from former house 8:40 p.m., speaker j

tuesday night at 8:00, jerry greenfield, talks about creative and responsible business products. >> the idea we couldn't sell enough ice-cream in vermont in the summer to stay in business, that forced us to look for other markets. >> former vice-president, dick cheney and leon panetta, on the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great. over the last many years, we have done damage to our capables to meet those threats. >> the new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world and define policy that we need in order to deal with that. then, develop the defense policy to quon front thdefend that kin. >> a look at the career of vice-president elect mike pence. >> we have stood without apology amidst the shifting sands of law, for the sanctity of life, the importance of marriage and the freedom of religion. >> farewell speeches for harry reid, barbara boxer, kelly ayotte and dan coats. this week in prime time on c-span. tonight on the communicators. >> we have a lot of regulations that can go. we would have a

. >> more from ben & jerry's jerry greenfield at 8:00. women entrepreneurs offer advice on innovation and diversity in silicon valley. >> follow the transition of government on c-span as president-elect donald trump selects his cabinet and the republicans and democrats prepare for the next congress we'll take you to key events without interruption. watch live on c-span and listen n our free c-span radio app. donald trump's presidential transition team has asked the state department to disclose how much money it provides to each year to environmental groups. it's the latest example of how the incoming administration is reassessing the government's approach to tackling climate change. the story says that as part of the paris climate agreement the u.s. pledge to donate $3 million to the green climate fund a fund aimed at helping poor nations adapt to the most severe climate impacts. the brookings institution held a discussion about the agreement. you can see it on c-span.org. >> this meeting is focused on bilateral relationship and internati