(Aussie) PM Rudd shares centre stage with US President Obama.

The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, shared centre stage with US President Barack Obama yesterday for the global launch of Australia's pioneering Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.

Flanked by the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, Mr Obama said the Australian initiative would help speed up the development of technology critical for reducing carbon emissions and welcomed a step forward in climate change negotiations.

Mr Obama and Mr Rudd said the decision by the 17 member Major Economies Forum (MEF), including China and India, to accept a two-degree celsius cap on global temperature rises was significant, despite their failure to thrash out what the baseline temperature should be - or even its starting point, saying only that it should be "1990 or later."

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/pm-rudd-shares-centre-stage-with-us-president-obama-20090710-dezn.html


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Did anyone see or hear Rudd? He had a GREAT, kind, and 'funny' thing to say, kind of its 'good that u.s. is back with the world (my words) working on this matter.' Looking for it. I was VERY pleased to hear it.

After the meeting, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd praised the American president for his role in the sessions.

"Can I say on behalf of so many of us," he told Obama, "how welcome it is to see the return of U.S. global leadership on climate change under your presidency."

Where did you find it? I was listening in the car.

his name..I think I did hear "Kevin", though. Good to know whose voice that was..I enjoyed what he had to say..thank you, ellen.