Obama: Climate Plan Will Help U.S. Negotiate With China, India

Obama: Climate Plan Will Help U.S. Negotiate With China, India
US President Barack Obama watches as US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event for the Council on Women and Girls in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama watches as US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event for the Council on Women and Girls in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama is under no illusion that U.S. climate policies alone can rein in global warming. In newly published comments in The New Yorker, Obama says they're crucial to working with China and India, the world's largest and third-largest greenhouse-gas emitters (the U.S. is No. 2).

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