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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (181023)	11/25/2009 10:38:36 AM
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Obama to attend climate talks in Copenhagen By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, November 25, 2009; 10:06 AM President Obama will travel to Copenhagen in December to help kick off the global climate talks despite the conference's failure to secure a binding worldwide treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An administration official said Obama will travel to the Danish capital Dec. 9, one day before he visits nearby Oslo to officially accept the Nobel Peace Prize. There had been doubts about whether the president would attend the climate change conference. He had said for weeks that he would go only if his presence would help produce a meaningful result. During Obama's recent trip to Asia, global leaders acknowledged publicly what had been clear for months: that there was not the consensus to produce a treaty next month. But officials in many countries also pledged to reach an interim agreement that would not be legally binding on the countries, but would set targets for emission reductions and be a step toward a treaty. The United States has yet to announce the targets it will seek to meet, but administration officials this week said they would announce those soon, saying they would be broadly consistent with climate change legislation moving through Congress. An administration official said Obama will meet with other world leaders in Copenhagen and will help "move the process forward" during his one-day visit to the conference, which is scheduled to take place from Dec. 7 to Dec. 18. Environmentalists welcomed the announcement, but cautioned that Obama shouldn't expect that his mere presence at the talks would be enough to ensure a successful outcome. "Obviously, we are glad that President Obama will be in Copenhagen in the early part of the climate summit. It's important that his words during this important moment convey that the United States intends to make climate change a legislative priority, not simply a rhetorical one," said Keya Chatterjee, climate director for the World Wildlife Fund. But, she said, Obama "must also be willing to return to Copenhagen with the rest of the world's leaders during the final stages of the negotiations" if necessary -- a commitment that the White House has not made. "To make good on any promises made in Copenhagen," Chatterjee added, "the President should put the full weight of the White House behind Senate passage of a climate bill in the first part of 2010." washingtonpost.com