Sustainability Lecture: American exceptionalism, great power responsibility and global sustainability

This lecture explores the legacy of American exceptionalism in global environmental governance and the threat it poses to the Paris Agreement and global sustainability politics more generally.

Robert Falkner is the Research Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and an Associate Professor of International Relations at LSE. His research focuses on global environmental politics and international political economy, with a particular focus on climate policy and the role of business in international relations.