The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge, ... But all economies know that the only sensible, long-term way to develop is to do it on a sustainable basis.

We're not going to negotiate some new treaty on climate change ... What this is about is seeing whether it will be possible in the future to bring people back into consensus together. Can we do that? I don't know, but it's important that we at least begin a process of dialogue that allows us to make progress on this.

Climate change is, in my view, long term, the single biggest issue that we face,

He is right. The storm should be a warning to President Bush about the consequences of his climate change policies.

As climate change is happening, we know that the frequency of these disasters will increase as well as the scope.

Climate change in India represents an additional stress on a country that is already facing tremendous pressures due to rapid development,