Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Barack Obama 'Seriously Considering' Hosting Climate Summit

Campaign groups say US president could use bipartisan summit to launch a national climate strategy.


Barack Obama may intervene directly on climate changeby hosting a summit at the White House early in his second term, environmental groups say.

They say the White House has given encouraging signals to a proposal for Obama to use the broad-based and bipartisan summit to launch a national climate action strategy.

"What we talked about with the White House is using it as catalyst not just for the development of a national strategy but for mobilising people all over the country at every level," said Bob Doppelt, executive director of the Resource Innovation Group, the Oregon-based thinktank that has been pushing for the high-level meeting. He said it would not be a one-off event.

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