the conversation with special envoy for climate change, jonathan pershing. he will be talking about the upcoming 22nd conference of parties in marrakesh, morocco. havee really very proud to special envoy pershing here. to choose the atlantic council as the venue to deliver his remarks as to what his priorities are with respect to marrakesh. we were very proud last year that secretary kerry came and spoke prior to paris. we are doing more and more all the time in the climate change area, and it is certainly a priority for the global energy center. just last week we launched a paper with a program by bob i court on energy transformation in developing countries after cop 21, which is an incredibly important topic with respect to implementation issues, and will be carrying on with further programs in that vein. it is also especially significant that on october 5, the european parliament ratified the paris agreement which brought the total approvals to the 55%, over the 55% admissions threshold. the agreement will actually go into effect next week on the fourth of

special envoy on the paris agreement, jonathan pershing. he will be attending the meetings in morocco next month as the paris agreement gets put into action. the paris agreement on climate change, ratified in the early days of this month by the eu which put the agreement over the threshold. it will enter into force next friday, november 4 and shortly thereafter the conference of parties in morocco will be held. we will be hearing from the u.s. special envoy attending those meetings in morocco, deciding how the climate goals will be implemented. later on c-span, road to the white house coverage continuing with two events. hillary clinton will be in coconut creek, florida for an early voting rally at 2:15 eastern. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two, donald trump holding a rally in tallahassee. >> i think we can begin. good morning, everyone. maybe it is afternoon by now. , andss good afternoon welcome to the atlantic council. i am did morningstar, the chairman of the local morningstar and i'm pleased to welcome you here for the conversation w

there is nobody that knows more about this than jonathan pershing. of course, the person who will be the moderator of the discussion, new york times correspondent coral devonport where her energy and climate expertise came as a fellow of the metcalfe and the two and has covered energy and environment for the national journal, professional quarterly, and the new york times. i am really looking forward to this conversation. we thank both of you for being here today. i want to remind everybody that today's discussion is on the record. it is streaming live, and you can join the conversation on twitter at ac global energy so that, jonathan, the floor is yours. jonathan: thanks very much, and thank you for hosting me here at the atlantic council. it is a pleasure to be here. i cannot fill the illustrious shoes of secretary kerry so get stay tuned for a high-level eminent presentation that hopefully gives you some insight to what is going on in the climate change agenda. thanks to all of the folks who have chosen to join online. it is often interesting to s