Washington summit on climate change opens: Condoleeza Rice says US “supports the goals” of UN Summit

September 27, 2007

A US-sponsored meeting on emissions and climate change opened amidst questions over whether the meeting is attempting to support or subvert the UN summit on climate change attended by 80 nations earlier this week.

US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said the US “supports the goals” of the U.N. summit and ” we want this year’s U.N. climate change conference in Indonesia to succeed.”

Ministers from China, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, India, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Australia, Indonesia and South Africa are attending the conference.

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Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under International, Policy