fight climate change on his own. in december of 2009, at a climate conference in copenhagen, obama displayed his determination to play a major role on this issue on the global stage. >> good morning. >> as hillary clinton later explained in a democratic primary debate -- >> president obama and i were hunting for the chinese. >> she and president obama found themselves chasing beijing's delegation at that conference. why? >> we knew we had to get them to agree to something because there will be no effective efforts against climate change unless china and india join with the rest of the world. >> when the american delegation found out about a secret meeting between china, india and other developing nations, they sent out a search party, found the meeting, and the president and