Schwarzenegger
says states key to climate fight
Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger says countries cannot solve the problem
of climate change without the help of states, cities, regions,
activists, scientists and universities.
15/12/2009 - In a speech planned Tuesday before the UN climate
conference in Copenhagen, Schwarzenegger will encourage
international agreements but say that won't be enough to
combat global warming.
"The
world's governments alone cannot make the progress that
is needed on global climate change," Schwarzenegger
says in remarks prepared for delivery at the 192-nation
conference. "They need the cities, the states, the
provinces, the regions. They need the corporations, the
activists, the scientists, the universities."
President
Barack Obama and more than 100 other national leaders were
heading to Copenhagen in hopes of forging the framework
of a plan to limit the causes of global warming.
Schwarzenegger
was invited to address the conference to highlight the efforts
of states and other local governments, said his spokesman,
Aaron McLear.
Schwarzenegger
committed California to cutting greenhouse gas emissions
three years ago.
California
is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels
by 2020, about a 30 percent cut from projected emissions.
The statewide mandate was the first in the United States.
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Schwarzenegger
says go carefully on climate change California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger says world policymakers do not have
to choose between a clean environment and economic growth.
15/12/2009
- Schwarzengger said "we've proved that over and over
again in California." - Interviewed by ABC television
from the Copenhagen conference, the Austrian-born former
film star said he thinks world leaders may be risking setbacks
by pushing so aggressively for an accommodation on curbs
to heat-trapping emissions.
Schwarzenegger
said that people worried about climate change should pay
more attention to companies, universities and "ordinary
folks" and not put so much emphasis on a multinational
consensus.
He
also said poor nations have a right to demand that the richer
countries help them to meet tougher pollution standards.
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