Abigail Jones Editor & Author

Lael Brainard served as vice president and director of the Brookings Institution's Global Economy and Development program, 2006-09. She has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be under secretary of the U.S. Treasury for international affairs. Abigail Jones is a research analyst with Brookings. Nigel Purvis is the president of Climate Advisers and a visiting scholar at Resources for the Future. He is a former senior U.S. climate change negotiator, acting most recently as deputy assistant secretary of state for oceans, environment, and science.