Obama, Singh boost hopes of climate deal

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A highway in San Francisco, California. US President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought.
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"They two Leaders reaffirmed their intention to promote the full, effective and sustained implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in accordance with the Bali Action Plan." http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/joint-statement-between-prime-minister-dr-singh-and-president-obama

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama sought to boost hopes of a landmark deal at the Copenhagen climate summit, as a new report showed the crisis facing the planet is deeper than previously thought.

Obama, hosting the leader of key developing nation India at the White House a week after returning from top global polluter China, said recent progress meant the world was "one step closer to a successful outcome in Copenhagen."

Countries must "reach a strong operational agreement that will confront the threat of climate change while serving as a stepping-stone to a legally binding treaty," he told a press conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

In a joint statement, Singh and Obama spoke of their hopes for a "comprehensive" deal at the December 7-18 United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/sc_afp/unclimatewarming_20091125032555


:fistbump:

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1. Positive news about something good and progressive Obama is doing, drops like a rock...

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2. kick

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3. India and China balked at the G8 summit over climate change.

Right now it's just talk.

And it's a diplomatic situation, so of course both sides are going to speak out of both sides (of their mouths).