Todd Stern Gives First Presser in CPH
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Ben Jervey in U.S.A., bits
Last night, head of the US delegation here in Copenhagen, and the State Department’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern gave his first press conference of COP15. He spoke within hours of landing in Copenhagen. Check it out below.
UPDATE: The video embed doesn’t seem to work very well. So here’s the link.
Couple of noteworthy quotes:
“If you care about the science — and we do — there’s no way to solve this problem by giving the major developing countries a pass…We’re not talking about the same kind of need for actions from the vast majority of developing countries. But the major ones, it’s going to be absolutely essential.”
“”But emissions are emissions. You’ve just got to do the math. It’s not a matter of politics or morality or anything else. It’s
just math. And you cannot get the kind of reductions you need globally if China is not a major player in this. That’s the reality.”
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