community to implement local solutions to the many climate challenges we have. we also recognize to address this challenge, we need a constructive federal partner and thank god we have got one now. these are difficult times and we need additional resources. the conference of mayors worked hard to establish the energy efficiency and confirmation conservation block program to help jump start over 1000 climate change initiatives that produce both short and long-term impacts. we need to expand on these initiatives to meet these goals we have all set and we threw so urgently need to meet. we recognize that addressing climate change will save our environment and provide good paying jobs, it will boost our economy, and we human beings must be humble. we often act as if we are separate and apart from nature and in fact we are nature, we are interdependent part of the picture of the environment. i am pleased that president biden shares our vision and is committed to making climate
violence ahead of central african republic election. we re going to start in ethiopia where more than $100.00 people have been killed in an attack in a western ethiopian region where ethnic tensions have been escalating that s according to the ethiopian human rights commission and amnesty international the attack took place in the region of it benny shanon. amnesty international says dozens of people are still unaccounted for this comes a day after prime minister abu ahmed visited the area calling for peace and unity following several deadly incidents in recent months and it s weak he said enemies are trying to divide ethiopia along ethnic and religious lines no group has claimed responsibility elsewhere in the country government troops have been fighting the 2 great people s liberation front in the north and to gray region since the beginning of november it s raised fears of a security vacuum in other areas of the country elections june next year have further raise tensions
a lot of things happen at the frontlines there that don t happen in washington. in fact, washington hasn t been doing much these last years and all of us know that so this is the moment for change but the point i want to make is my job is to work near the national picture and that s critical because 88 percent of all the emissions that we re suffering from ona global basis come from the rest of the planet, not the united states . china is about 30 percent of all the emissions. eu is 14 percent, russia, indonesia, these other countries contribute and there are 20 to 25 major developed nations that are responsible for the crisis that we find ourselves in. you ve got a 138 nations that only amount to, they are each of them fractions of one percent so they re not the problem today though there could be in the future if we don t set the right example having had the privilege of negotiating, let me share with all ofyou quickly the picture . paris set a target of trying to ho
a lot of things happen at the frontlines there that don t happen in washington. in fact, washington hasn t been doing much these last years and all of us know that so this is the moment for change but the point i want to make is my job is to work near the national picture and that s critical because 88 percent of all the emissions that we re suffering from ona global basis come from the rest of the planet, not the united states . china is about 30 percent of all the emissions. eu is 14 percent, russia, indonesia, these other countries contribute and there are 20 to 25 major developed nations that are responsible for the crisis that we find ourselves in. you ve got a 138 nations that only amount to, they are each of them fractions of one percent so they re not the problem today though there could be in the future if we don t set the right example having had the privilege of negotiating, let me share with all ofyou quickly the picture . paris set a target of trying to h
special presidential envoy on climate john kerry and white house national climate advisor gina mccarthy discuss the future of climate change at the u.s. conference of mayors winter meeting. they talk to u.s. governors and mayors about the biden administration climate change policy. welcome. this is a critical conversation we re having this afternoon so i would like to welcome our members, our staff, the media and c-span as well for broadcasting is here today. as the mayors of a quick long recognized that immense impact climate change is that of the people of our cities and our environment. i m really proud of america s mayors because we stepped up and always stepped up in a bipartisan manner and joint partners in the business community up with local solutions to the many climate challenges we have. but we also recognize to address this local national challenge we need a constructive battle partner, thank god we ve got one now because of difficult times and we need additio