The Gaggle : In Italy for the G-8, Obama Turns to Climate Change

...But several countries are still not on board, including India and China. At the G-20, Obama raised the issue with leaders from both countries, hoping to woo them through diplomacy.

But as Obama prepares to meet with G-8 leaders on the subject, the White House seemed to downplay movement on the issue here at the summit. Briefing reporters on Air Force One en route to Italy, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declined to say whether Obama would endorse the drafted G-8 statement on climate reduction goals. He suggested they are focused more on getting a bill through Congress, not on what an international summit can accomplish. "I think in many ways success for us is going to be getting something through Congress and to his desk that puts in place a system, market-based system, that lessens the amount of greenhouse gases in the air,” Gibbs said.