Obama: U.S. 'determined to act' on climate change
By The Associated Press
This article was published September 22, 2009 at 11:18 a.m.
PHOTO BY AP
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with President Barack Obama after he addressed the United Nations climate change summit, Tuesday,
UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared that the United States is a serious partner in combating global warming, telling world peers "we are determined to act."
"The journey is hard. And we don't have much time left to make it," Obama said in brief remarks at a high-level climate summit convened by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Obama sought to show U.S. resolve ahead of crucial talks in Copenhagen in December, when nations will try to reach a new global treaty to address climate change. He spoke at the start of a busy day of diplomacy at the United Nations that also was to include a three-way meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in an effort to nudge forward the Mideast peace process.
"We understand the gravity of the climate threat. We are determined to act," Obama said. "And we will meet our responsibility to future generations."
He spoke after Ban admonished leaders to put aside differences and move more quickly on global warming.
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