"PM Brown talked about working together to tackle climate change and the global economic crisis. He gave a strong speech." - Senator Mark Warner (Twitter)
Here's Prime Minister Brown on the "vision to protect and preserve our planet earth." The full transcript is also available.
...it is this faith in the future that means we must commit to protecting the planet for generations that will come long after us.
As the Greek proverb says, why does anybody plant the seeds of a tree whose shade they will never see?
The answer is because they look to the future.
And I believe that you, the nation that had the vision to put a man on the moon, are also the nation with the vision to protect and preserve our planet earth.
And it is only by investing in environmental technology that we can end the dictatorship of oil, and it is only by tackling climate change that we create the millions of new green jobs we need.
On another note, Gordon Brown announces that Senator Kennedy is now Sir Edward Kennedy. Classy.
