Markey Statement on Change in Obama Copenhagen Plans
Following the announcement by President Obama that he will attend the Copenhagen climate talks at the end of the negotiating session and that the United States would commit its fair share of $10 billion for international climate adaptation assistance, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Waxman-Markey clean energy and climate bill and chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, issued the following statement:
“As the world awaits the advent of a new era of climate action, President Obama’s decision to attend the climate talks later in the advent calendar is an early holiday gift to the climate negotiations, and to the health of the planet.
“By extending robust funding to the developing world to help them adapt to the worst impacts of global warming, the president is bridging one of the major gaps preventing a final, binding international agreement.”
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