Climate Change Matters on the United States Front. (September 24, 2009)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) reports on climate change from the viewpoint of the US political scene.

Domestic and International Climate Change Negotiations Continue. Despite suggestions from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) that the Senate might not bring climate change legislation to the floor this year, Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senate Foreign Relations Chair John Kerry (D-MA) said they are on schedule to introduce a bill in the coming weeks and move it through committee in October.
 

Meanwhile, international discussions of climate change are occurring on a number of fronts. The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate -- which includes the world's 17 largest developing and developed economies -- took place September 17-18 in Washington, DC. This week, President Obama addresses the United Nations at a special one-day session focusing on climate change. Also this week, the economics of climate measures may be discussed at the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh. Negotiations leading up to Copenhagen through the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Bangkok from September 28 to October 9.