US to return centre stage on climate change, Kerry tells UN talks

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POZNAN, Poland (AFP) – The United States next year will spring back into the world arena for tackling climate change, where it will lead by example by setting caps on its carbon emissions, Senator John Kerry said at UN talks Thursday.

Kerry -- asked to report back to President-elect Barack Obama on the UN negotiations in Poznan -- enumerated Obama pledges to reverse policies that have left the United States sidelined for years on global warming.

"The United States under President Obama's leadership is determined to rejoin the world community in its efforts to deal with this issue," Kerry told reporters.

"It is determined to lead in that effort, and it will lead not just rhetorically but by example in the policies that we adopt at home."

Kerry said he met on Thursday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and ministers from China and Sweden.

Ban gave him a message to take back to Obama, said Kerry, who refused to give details, saying disclosure was a matter for the UN chief or Obama himself...cont'd

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