China steals Climate Week spotlight, but U.S. still in the hot seat
By Emily Gertz • Sep 24th, 2009 • Category: PolicyThe U.S. was given a starring role at the United Nations Climate Summit on Tuesday, but China stole the show.
President Barack Obama had pride of place on the agenda, as the first head of state to speak to the gathered world leaders, ministers, and climate negotiators. His speech, which was warmly received, offered rhetorically forceful yet wholly general commentary about the huge risks posed by climate change and the need for action. Obama said nothing specific about what his nation was prepared to commit to in order to slash its emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. Most of the speeches by other heads of state charted the same safe territory…read more at Grist…
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Emily Gertz is Emily is a freelance journalist and editor who has written on business, design, health, and other facets of the environment for Grist, Dwell, Plenty, Worldchanging, and other publications. She is the blogger-in-residence on Global Warming for Change.org, the leading social networking for good website. Emily is participating on assignment from Grist.org. Grist is a leading environmental website that has published since 1999 and has over 1 million views each month.
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