Ms Rice said the US supported the goals of the United Nations US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said climate change is a real problem, and world leaders should forge a new global consensus on tackling it. President George W Bush, who shortly after taking office in 2001 said he would not submit the Kyoto Protocol to Congress for ratification, has opposed mandatory cuts. She challenged leaders to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels by moving toward energy sources that would reduce global warming - but without harming their economies. Activists want the US to take the lead in solving the climate crisis However, our correspondent says they hope that perhaps some small practical steps may emerge to help share best practice between industrial sectors and they are relieved that publicly, at last, America is saying that climate change is really a problem that needs tackling. read more

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