Climate Diplomacy

U.S. Leaders at COP27: Members of Congress and Other U.S. Officials at the 2022 U.N. Climate Summit

By Savannah Bertrand

November 11, 2022

This list compiles the U.S. federal and elected officials who attended the U.N. climate summit, COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. This list is updated as of November 10 and will continue to be updated.

 

24 members of Congress attended COP27

Senators:

  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
  • Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
  • Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

House Democratic Delegation:

  • Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
  • Representative Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.)
  • Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
  • Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)
  • Representative Sean Casten (D-Ill.)
  • Representative Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis 
  • Representative Veronica Escobar (D-Texas)
  • Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)
  • Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)
  • Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
  • Representative Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Representative Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Representative Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce 
  • Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)

House Republican Delegation:

  • Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas)
  • Representative John Curtis (R-Utah)
  • Representative Garret Graves (R-La.), Ranking Member, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
  • Representative Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.)
  • Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)
  • Representative Greg Murphy (R-N.C.)
  • Representative Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

 

Other notable U.S. federal officials who attended COP27 in-person or gave virtual remarks include:

  • Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • Shalanda Baker, Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Dr. John Balbus, Acting Director of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
  • Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations and Environment, U.S. Navy
  • Antony Blinken, Secretary, U.S. Department of State
  • Joe Bryan, Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Climate Advisor, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Brian Deese, Director, National Economic Council
  • Richard Duke, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, U.S. State Department
  • Enoh Ebong, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
  • Stephanie Epner, Special Advisor and Acting Senior Director for Climate and Energy, U.S. National Security Council, White House
  • Jennifer Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Rachel Jacobson, Assistant Secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment, U.S. Army
  • John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, White House
  • Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair of the Board, Export-Import Bank of the United States 
  • Jane Lubchenco, Deputy Director for Climate and the Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 
  • Brenda Mallory, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality 
  • Monica Medina, U.S. Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources; Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Scott Nathan, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation 
  • John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation 
  • Samantha Power, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
  • Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, U.S. State Department
  • Michael Regan, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
  • Rick Spinrad, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Ali Zaidi, National Climate Advisor, White House

Governors at COP27:

  • Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor, New Mexico
  • Eric Holcomb, Governor, Indiana
  • Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington State

State government officials at COP27:

  • Carey Hamilton, Indiana State Representative
  • John Laird, California State Senator
  • Liz Lovelett, Washington State Senator
  • Dave Min, California State Senator
  • Chris Rabb, Pennsylvania State Representative
  • Henry Stern, California State Senator
  • Bob Wieckowski, California State Senator

City and local government officials at COP27:

  • Steve Adler, Mayor, Austin, Texas
  • Yassamin Ansari, Council Member, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Frank Cownie, Mayor, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Elizabeth Kautz, Mayor, Burnsville, Minnesota
  • Kelly Takaya King, City Counselor, Maui, Hawaii
  • Sam Liccardo, Mayor, San Jose, California
  • Chris Rogers, Mayor, Santa Rosa, California
  • Libby Schaaf, Mayor, Oakland, California
  • Brigid Shea, Commissioner, Travis County, Texas
  • Errick Simmons, Mayor, Greenville, Mississippi

 

This article is based on our own observations from COP27 events, press releases, and news stories, and we may have inadvertently missed U.S. officials at COP27.

 

Compiled by: Savannah Bertrand