Moving closer to climate action — The UN perspective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mo_VA1_Vk0
Above is a link to youtube where I have found the speech made by Senator Wirth, President of the Better World Campaign and the UN Foundation, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs asked Timothy E. Wirth to testify at a hearing titled “Copenhagen and Beyond: Is there a Successor to the Kyoto Protocol?” Senator Wirth’s answer was “a resounding yes.”
According to the Better World Campaign, Senator Wirth in his testimony made several key points: “[First,] certain near-term steps would immediately contribute to solving the climate problem and help reach a global deal…. [Second,] the UN Foundation and the Center for American Progress just released a report that shows how energy efficiency, renewable energy, forest conservation, and sustainable land use worldwide could provide 75 percent of needed global emissions reductions by 2020…. [Tird,] these “core elements” of a new agreement would help developed and developing countries address strategic interests such as job creation, energy security and energy access, food security, environmental quality, and public health…. [But] most importantly, Senator Wirth emphasized that climate change is about more than proposals and metrics – it’s about people, too. To reach a successful agreement, we must move people to the center of the debate so politicians understand the global as well as personal effects on citizens worldwide.”