Secretary-General Kofi Annan decried a "frightening lack of leadership" in response to the climate change crisis that threatens the lives and stability of millions of people. "It is increasingly clear it will cost far less to cut emissions now than to deal with the consequences later," Annan said.
He said the science on climate change "is not science fiction" and that those who try to sow doubt about it are "out of step, out of arguments and out of time."
Some observers at the UN conference on climate change regard the "do nothing that might hurt the US economy" position of the USA as unchangeable during the current presidential administration.
Annan: Leaders need courage to fight warming - CNN.com
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