U.N. Climate Change Conference 2007
in Bali-Indonesia
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President Bush Announces Decrease in
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
November 28, 2007 (Washington D.C) --
President Bush announced a decrease in U.S.
Greenhouse gas emissions. The following is a complete full-text transcript
of his remarks:
I was
pleased to receive the Energy Information Administration's final report today, which
includes U.S.greenhouse gas emissions for
2006. The final report shows that emissions
declined 1.5 percent from the 2005 level,
while our economy grew 2.9 percent. That
means greenhouse gas intensity –
how much we emit per unit of economic activity –
decreased by 4.2 percent, the largest annual improvement since 1985. This puts us well
ahead of the goal I set in 2002 to reduce greenhouse gas intensity by 18 percent by
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Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy on Global
Climate Change
(Outlines U.S. commitment to climate change, energy security)
Climate change is a serious challenge, the scale and scope of which
will require a global response. The United States is committed to
doing its part, working at home and abroad on a range of
initiatives, to strengthen energy security and effectively address
climate change. We are fully engaged in the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and we are committed to
developing an environmentally effective and economically sustainable
post-2012 framework to address climate change. The United States is
working with our partners, including Major Economies, to advance
adoption and deployment of innovative technologies and reach
consensus on a new framework under the UNFCCC by 2009....
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International Climate Change Negotiations Paula
J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs
Written Testimony Submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Washington, DC
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the
opportunity to appear before you today. When President Bush hosted the Major Economies Meeting on Energy
Security and Climate Change in September 2007, he stressed that climate
change is a real problem, and humans are contributing to it. He also
underscored that the United States takes climate change very seriously,
for we are both a major economy and a major emitter. Addressing this global challenge requires substantial global
reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Meeting this long-term challenge
requires a long-term commitment by the international community. And we
are committed to doing our part...(complete
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Paula
J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs
Part
One: Building Blocks for a Future Framework
Minister Rachmat, I thank you for convening this important meeting. We
appreciate the opportunity to participate and join you in seeking to
ensure that our efforts in Bali and beyond will be a success. As the
international community's understanding of global climate change
continues to grow, so too does our understanding of the means to address
it. The United States is reinforcing its commitment to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change.
We also
know that all of our countries will benefit from a new path for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, providing for energy security, and supporting
economic prosperity. Bali, and our meeting here, mark the beginning of a
process toward that end. We enter this process in a spirit of openness.
We look forward to hearing more about the views of other countries. We
intend to be flexible and work hard to achieve consensus. Mr. Chairman,
there are several considerations that we would like to highlight as we
develop our roadmap toward a post-2012 framework...(complete
text)
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