Governer Schwarzenegger was Tuesday's KVML "Newsmaker of the Day". Here is his speech as delivered at last week's Governor's Global Climate Summit:
"...This is exactly the kind of collaboration that is needed to launch a national and international green revolution. And that is what we need, nothing less than a revolution, to combat climate change and to win our energy independence and to develop new low-carbon technologies. To grow our green economies is also very important and to achieve global balance. There is no single issue that threatens the health and the prosperity of our nations and humanity more than climate change.
And that is why last year we all joined together for the first time for the First Governors' Global Climate Summit. There was so much action -- action, action, action. We committed to reducing greenhouse gases from deforestation. We established and strengthened international relationships.
And we collaborated with nations such as China, which has since launched its first voluntary carbon registry. This will allow China to measure how much individual businesses are actually emitting in greenhouse gases, which is the first step, of course, in reducing those emissions. It's no different than when you decide to go on a diet. You first have to step on the scale and say, "Oh, my God, I've got to lose 50 pounds." And then you know how to measure it, so you make sure that you actually lose the weight. So I think it's fantastic what they are doing over there in China.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Gov. Schwarzenegger demands revolution to combat Climate Change
via mymotherlode.com
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