Forwarding the Conversation

Last week, in California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted the Governors’ Global Climate Summit. The purpose of the summit is twofold:

The first is to facilitate a high-level meeting between governmental “climate leaders” and to conclude a cooperative Summit Declaration on climate solutions (such as the examples described above). The second is to discuss the outlook for a comprehensive global agreement on climate solutions that prevents the world passing the “tipping point” as described by the IPCC. 

To learn more about the summit click here and to watch videos of all the activities click here. Below you will find a pre-recorded address from President-Elect Obama to the summit attendees.

Here are some questions to chew on as you watch the video:

• What is it going to take for the entire world to begin moving in the same direction on the issue of global climate change?
• What sacrifices are each of us going to have to make in order to ensure that we preserve our planet?
• How can each of us do to make sure our leaders take the issue of climate change seriously?