VOA | Expectations for Climate Change Conference Limited | Environment | English

At Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, Science policy analyst Neal Lane sees China's commitment as a key part of advancing worldwide action on climate change.
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Lane says he himself was skeptical about how bad these effects might be some years back, but he says the science convinced him of the grave threat.

"When I talked to the people who were doing climate science, who were measuring temperature change, sea level rise and doing the climate modeling, those were the people who were most fearful. Those were the people who felt most strongly about the negative consequences of climate change. So that got my attention," said Lane.

Arnold's climate summit: a final hot-air fest? | Greenspace | Los Angeles Times

It was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's third and final "Climate Summit," but the annual gabfest went out with more of a whimper than a bang.
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There seemed to be about 15 regional leaders on the stage of a half-empty UC Davis auditorium Tuesday, but it was hard to tell how many governments were actually signing on to Schwarzenegger's plan because the stage was also crowded with corporate executives, environmental activists and government employees in an effort to drum up excitement.
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Schwarzenegger officials had predicted that about 100 government leaders would sign the pact. But even in the U.S. the reception has been tepid. Besides Doyle, only the governors of Michigan, Oregon and Washington have said they would sign on.