Thursday, January 29, 2009

Clinton Names Climate Envoy


Citing the “complex, urgent and global threat of climate change,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today appointed a special envoy for climate change, who will lead the United States in international climate negotiations.

Todd Stern, a climate negotiator during Bill Clinton’s presidency and more recently a fellow at the Center for American Progress, will assume the role.

“We have no shortage of evidence that our world is facing a climate crisis,” said Ms. Clinton, who went on to attribute a large part of the problem to the burning of fossil fuels.

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