French President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed climate change in New York City on Friday with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Sarkozy stressed the need for a new organization that would oversee climate change initiatives.
The French President's comments come on the heels of the G8 conference earlier this month in Italy where members agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Sarkozy's call for a new global group comes scant weeks in advance of G20 talks scheduled for Pittsburgh and the meeting of United Nations General Assembly.
Both of these meetings are expected to lay out the final climate change groundwork that will be necessary for the Copenhagen Conference in December when the successor to the Kyoto Protocol will be established.
Elizah Leigh
said on July 21, 2009
I have a thought. If they made it mandatory for every global citizen to enroll in My Eex's carbon footprint reduction plan, we'd probably blow past a 20% greenhouse gas reduction by the end of 2009 -- http://www.greenwala.com/community/blogs/all/1420-Want-To-Shrink-Your-Carbon-Footprint-and-Get-Paid-While-You-re-Doing-It-The-Correct-Answer-Is-YES