This site is not updated. I don't often get a chance to talk to an audience that represents as many different interests and points of view as this one does, so I'm grateful to the Forum sponsors for inviting me. I want to talk to you today about two subjects, the second of which flows from the first. The first is the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and our progress in moving it through the process toward eventual ratification.
Climate change is, obviously, a global problem.
So, if we're to solve it, nothing less than a coordinated and aggressive global effort will suffice. And, if we hope to persuade others to clean up their houses, so to speak, we absolutely must have a dynamic and vibrant energy-efficiency strategy here in our own house. I know that many of you here are intimately involved in the good work of making our federal buildings and facilities more energy-efficient. So, as my second topic, I'll briefly summarize some steps we've taken in that regard at the State Department. This is an especially propitious time to talk about the Kyoto Protocol, because there is a good bit of news to report, albeit not all of it good.