Washington: The White House today
emphasised on the need to have countries like India and China on board on climate change, which it said is crucial for success of the Copenhagen meet in December on the issue.
"We have got to make progress and the international
community`s got to make progress getting China and India and
developing nations, and evolving world economies like Brazil,
on board," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told
reporters at his daily press briefing.
"This is not just a one-country solution. There has to
be an international effort to address this," Gibbs addressed
on the eve of the Major Economies Forum meet on Climate Change
in Washington.
The Indian delegation is led by Special Envoy to the
Prime Minister on Climate Change Shyam Saran. The first
meeting since the leaders of the Major Economies met in
L’Aquila, Italy on July 9, the two-day meeting would be
chaired by Michael Froman, the Deputy National Security
Advisor for International Economic Affairs.
Special US Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern would
lead the American delegation for the meeting to be held at the
Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department on September
17 and 18.
Bureau Report
