National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Monitoring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Paris Agreement

About Our Speakers –Andrew Rakestraw and Leif Hockstad

	Andrew Rakestraw is a Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of Global Change at the U.S. Department of State. He joined the Department of State in 2013. He is the lead U.S. negotiator on transparency issues at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and also leads negotiations at the International Maritime Organization related to greenhouse gas emissions. He received a BA in international studies at the University of Washington and a JD from University of California, Hastings College of Law.
	Leif Hockstad is a senior Environmental Engineer in U.S. EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs' Climate Change Division. He joined EPA in 2002 and currently serves as the team leader of the U.S. greenhouse gas emissions inventory, produced annually to meet U.S. commitments to international agreements on climate change. Mr. Hockstad entered the environmental field after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
About the Talk Join the State Department and EPA for a discussion on the transparency requirements under the Paris Agreement, including how the United States currently monitors greenhouse gas emissions to prepare its annual greenhouse gas inventory, how we report on our mitigation progress over time, and future work relevant to greenhouse gas measurement and reporting under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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