[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i hate sitting up here. I feel so far away and i asked the step to do the chair position to the front row but theres no room for the bench. Another day and another room. The subcommittee on oversight and accountability will come to order. The purpose of this hearing to examine the state departments Climate Policy and the budget of the special president ial envoy for climate office. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. As we examine the state departments climate agenda and budget we are joined today by former secretary of state john kerry. Firstever special president ial envoy for climate mr. Kerry youre sitting in a newlycreated position that from the Root Research ive done in two years you have largely managed to avoid any real oversight or accountability in that position. My Community Cares about this as an issue. We sit on the port of east coast and we felt the consequences of their garments of disaster and is a member
Negotiations is that each country will have to decide based on its own circumstances, its own capabilities, hopefully with as much salutary pressure as possible to do your best but that each country was going to have to make the decision about exactly what to do and how to do it. By the way, that goes for developed countries as well as developing. But even more important for developing countries who were trying to reassure that they can take on the fight for Climate Change without imperilling their own priorities for development, growth and eradication of poverty. So that flexibility is absolutely essential and is really in some sense the core of our approach. Thank you very much, senator kaine. Senator coons. Thank you mr. Stern, for your testimony, leadership, for your hard work and creativity in pursuing such an important global goal. Let me start in some ways where i think senator kaine was pursuing a conversation about some limitations of previous agreements and how this hopedfor
Of Climate Change echo give us a call. Our phone lines are open. If you are outside the u. S. You can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social media pages on twitter and facebook. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. That allnight session continuing this hour on the senate floor to talk about the issue of Climate Change. We will be talking about it with you, our viewers, this morning. We will talk about what is happening the floor and where the senators are hoping to go from here. Host who organized his allnight session and what is the goal of it this morning . Guest the senator from hawaii. The cochairs of the Climate Action task force were also involved. All the younger members of the senate who have been doing yeomans work all night in the wee hours and the less attractive slots in the Early Morning to talk about Climate Change. Host what is the goal . What are they hoping to get out of the session . Guest what theyre trying to do is elevate the issue. Theres no immediate