Representatives from more than 160 countries began formal negotiations here Monday on a treaty to mitigate climate change, with the secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, urging governments to help in "saving the planet." The talks, which are scheduled to conclude at the end of 2009, come three months after a rancorous meeting in Indonesia that exposed deep fissures in how countries plan to battle global warming.
Al Gore, the former U.S. vice president and a Nobel Prize winner for his environmental advocacy, is due to begin a $300 million advertising campaign to encourage Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse emissions, according to media reports.
The American public also appears more aware of the issue of global warming now than at the start of the Bush administration. "We have three presidential candidates, all of whom have said they will re-engage in climate negotiations," she said. "There will definitely be a new voice in the U.S."
Let's hope that new voice will be Obama's...full story here.
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