Obama Admits U.S. Role In Creating Climate Change Crisis

UNITED NATIONS: President Barack Obama acknowledged the role of the United States in creating the climate change crisis Tuesday and told developing nations Washington will provide science and technology to help them combat it.

Addressing the United Nations Climate Change Summit, Obama announced two new policy initiatives for the US in working with developing countries. He said that he was launching "a new effort to deploy the unique scientific and technological capabilities of the United States, from climate data to early-warning systems." Secondly he said that he is ordering federal agencies to factor in climate resilience into international development programs and investments.

The technology effort, he said, " includes a new partnership that will draw on the resources and expertise of our leading private sector companies and philanthropies to help vulnerable nations better prepare for weather-related disasters, and better plan for long-term threats like steadily rising seas."

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