Watt-Cloutier pushes climate change agenda in NYC

The president of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference is in New York City today to make a passionate plea on climate change to the Clinton Global Initiative conference.

“I pledge to put a human face on climate change,” said Sheila Watt-Cloutier in a pledge she plans to share with delegates, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, French President Jacques Chirac, Israeli Vie Premier Shimon Peres and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Our region gives the globe an ‘early warning’ of what is to come,” Watt-Cloutier said in a press release.

Former President Bill Clinton launched his global initiative to address poverty, religious conflict and reconciliation, climate change and enhancing governance. The conference is taking place in tandem with the millennium summit of the United Nations General Assembly.