Clinton on Sign a Global Treaty

Clinton has pledged to lead the US to leadership on Kyoto's successor treaty. She wants a deal in place by 2010, two years ahead of Kyoto's expiration. The new treaty will force mandatory emissions for the US and the other participating nations. As she explains in her Foreign Affairs piece, China won't get serious about binding emissions until we do. She also said that she will set up an annual "E8" summit modelled after the G8 process that would include the US, Canada, Mexico, the EU, China, Russia, Japan, India, South Africa, Brazil. The E8 would not be a substitute for the UN process, but rather "would serve as a catalyst for the larger effort" and would "streamline negotiations among the major emitters."