Events: The Robert C. Barnard Environmental Lecture

The Robert C. Barnard Environmental Lecture provides an annual forum for an outstanding speaker to address current environmental issues. The lectureship is endowed by the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton to honor Mr. Barnard, who had been counsel to the firm, for his contributions to environmental and public health law and in recognition of his many years of service as a member of the selection committee for the fellowships at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Barnard believed strongly in the value of bringing good science to bear on government decisionmaking.

Bellow you will find more information regarding past honorees along with more details about the Lectureship itself:

• Background of the Lectureship and the Man it Honors

• 2011 - Dr. Francesca Grifo, Senior Scientist and Director, Scientific Integrity Program, Union of Concerned Scientists

• 2009 - Dr. James J. McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University

• 2007 - Dr. John P. Holdren, Harvard University and The Woods Hole Research Center, and Chair of the AAAS Board of Directors

• 2006 - Sir Crispin Tickell, Director, Policy Foresight Programme, James Martin Institute at Oxford University

• 2005 - Andrew Revkin, Environment Reporter, The New York Times

• 2004 - Óscar Arias, The Arias Foundation, 1987 Nobel Peace Laureate, and President of Costa Rica 1986-1990

• Lecture Archive

  • 2003 - Dr. Oliver A. Houck, Professor of Law at Tulane University Law School

  • 2002, September - Dr. Robert T. Watson, Chief Scientist and Director, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, the World Bank

  • 2002, January - His Excellency Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania

  • 2000 - Ms. Yolanda Kakabadse, President, The World Conservation Union

  • 1999 - the Honorable Simon Upton, Minister of the Environment, New Zealand