Casten Joins Congressional Delegation to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow

Statement

U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland on behalf of the United States House of Representatives. In Glasgow, the delegation will participate in bilateral meetings, panel discussions and other engagements with global leaders on top climate priorities.

Casten, who attended COP25 in Madrid, arrives at COP26 having spent over 20 years leading as a clean energy entrepreneur and scientist helping businesses profitably lower their carbon emissions.

"When I was in Madrid for COP25 during the Trump administration, an EU Parliamentarian pulled me aside to warn me that bad things happen when the US doesn't lead," said Congressman Casten. "Two years later, the world has watched our West burning, even bigger fires in Australia and Siberia, soot settling in the Arctic. Our allies know the stakes of this existential threat to the survival of our citizens and economies--and they know that international climate action at the scale necessary to prevent global catastrophe demands American leadership. With President Biden in the White House, science affirming majorities in Congress, and a mandate from the American people, I'm proud to join Speaker Pelosi in Glasgow to ensure that now is the time we stand up as a leader in this last chance fight to save our planet."

Members of the delegation are:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL), House Select Committee on Climate Crisis, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and House Financial Services Committee
Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chair, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Chair, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Chair, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
Chairwoman Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chair, House Select Committee on Climate Crisis
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), House Committee on Ways and Means
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), House Committee on Appropriations
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), House Committee on Appropriations, House Agriculture Committee
Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA), House Foreign Affairs Committee,
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House Select Committee on Climate Crisis
Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House Select Committee on Climate Crisis
Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA), House Select Committee on Climate Crisis, House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), House Committee on Natural Resources, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), Chair, United States Joint Economic Committee, House Committee on Ways and Means, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA), House Committee on Ways and Means
Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), House Committee on Appropriations
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-TX), House Select Committee on Climate Crisis
Congressman Mike Levin (D-CA), House Select Committee on Climate Crisis, House Committee on Natural Resources
Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO), House Select Committee on Climate Crisis, House Committee on Natural Resources
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), House Committee of Oversight and Reform, House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth

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