US: Clinton says US ready to lead on climate change
28 Apr 2009 12:50 AM
Secretary of State HILLARY CLINTON says the United States is ready to lead .. and make up for lost time .. in the fight against climate change .. as she opened an international forum in Washington.
CLINTON has told a forum set up by President BARACK OBAMA to build political momentum for UN climate change talks in December in Copenhagen the United States is fully engaged .. and ready to lead .. and determined to make up for lost time both at home and abroad.
She told the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate held at the State Department the US is no longer absent without leave .. alluding to widespread criticism of the preceding administration of president GEORGE W BUSH .. which played down the threat from climate change and failed to do much about it.
AAP RTV wf/psm/
