U.S. President and Canadian Prime Minister Comment on Copenhagen Conference

According to U.S. President Barack Obama, "a meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" occurred in Copenhagen. "For the first time in history all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to take action to confront the threat of climate change."

He continued, "We feel confident that we are moving in the direction of a significant accord. . . . Going forward, we're going to have to build on the momentum that we've established here in Copenhagen to ensure that international action to significantly reduce emissions is sustained and sufficient over time. We've come a long way, but we have much further to go."

A brief statement by Prime Minister Stephen Harper was released by the Canadian government shortly after the close of the U.N. conference. "Canada is working to align our clean energy and climate change policies with those of the Obama Administration," he said. "This approach recognizes the high degree of integration of our two economies."

He also affirmed that "Canada is prepared to contribute our fair share of financial support, particularly to the poorest and most vulnerable nations."

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