For the first time leaders of nearly 200 nations, large and small, developed and developing, made a commitment to work together to confront a threat to the people of all nations. By some measures, the agreement has been a success. In other words, our hope was to create an agreement they gave our planet a fighting chance.
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That was true six years ago as well.Īnd on Paris, our goal was to turn progress into an enduring framework that would give the world confidence in a low carbon future, an agreement where countries would update their emissions targets on a regular basis, an agreement that would help developing nations get the resources they need to skip the dirty phase of development and help those nations that are most vulnerable to climate change get the resources they need to adapt, an agreement that would give businesses and investors the certainty that the global economy is on firm path towards a clean and sustainable future. Not just those of you in this room, but anybody who’s watching or reading a transcript of what I say here today. Whether that happens or not to a large degree is going to depend on you.
We have not done nearly enough to address this crisis. What is also true is that collectively and individually we are still falling short. Thanks to your efforts here in Glasgow, we see the promise of further progress. And the agreements made here in Glasgow, thanks to so many of you, including my friend John Kerry here, who is tireless and his team. Meaningful progress has been made since Paris. You heard the same message from world leaders last week, and now that they’ve left, here’s what we can report. Because when it comes to climate, time really is running out. That’s why I’m here today to talk about what’s happened in the six years since I spoke to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris and to talk about the steps we need to take if we want to keep doing big things. And when the issue at hand is the health of our planet and the world our children and our grandchildren will inherit, then you will have a hard time keeping me away. But even though I’m not required to attend summits like this anymore, old habits die hard.
On the positive side, I can give a speech like this without wearing a tie and not create a scandal back home. Music doesn’t play when I walk into the room. I don’t get invited to the big group photo. I am a private citizen now so trips like this feel a little bit different than they used to. Thank you for making what sometimes can seem a bunch of abstract numbers painfully immediately real so we’re very grateful for her. Thank you, Sheila, for that outstanding introduction and for all the work that you are doing in a part of the world that is feeling the effects of climate change right now. It is, let’s face it, wonderful to be traveling anywhere these days.
Well, it is wonderful to be back in the UK. Please join me in welcoming President Barack Obama. … this leadership and see it for the renewable resource that it is.
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