Kerry urges 'ambitious' climate deal, warns on food security

Source: Reuters

Landing | Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:08am EDT

Kerry urges 'ambitious' climate deal, warns on food security

MILAN

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged global leaders on Saturday to agree an "ambitious" deal at a climate conference in Paris in December, saying global warming was the biggest threat to global food security.

"We need every country on the same page, pushing an ambitious, durable and inclusive agreement that will finally put us on the path toward a global clean-energy future," Kerry told an audience at the Milan Expo, where the focus is on "Feeding the planet" and new approaches to sustainable food.

He said extreme weather patterns - with 19 of the 20 warmest years on record occurring in the past two decades - meant the world must act now, in a coordinated way.

A climate deal would boost the confidence of businesses to invest in low-carbon, clean energy alternatives, and "hopefully move the private sector to be one of the great agents of action in addressing the climate challenge," he said.

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