美國布希總統邀請全球經濟強國領袖出席9月27、28日在華盛頓召開的氣候變遷會議，並在發給15國、歐盟和聯合國的邀請函中指出，會議的重點將放在科技層面。
布希總統預計將在會議上發表演說，內容重點為2012年京都議定書效力期滿後，各國如何因應全球氣候變化的問題。
布希總統近來的政策重點放在核能、乾淨燃煤、乙醇和其他生化燃料；白官2月份表示，包含2008年預算在內，布希政府從2001起已花費150億美元的經費，發展更乾淨、便宜、有效益和安全的能源，但相比之下，伊拉克戰爭迄今已耗費美國超過5千億美元。
部分環保人士認為，布希總統的氣候會議是為了轉移國際間要求美國接受溫室氣體排放限制的壓力，而布希總統始終拒絕接受此項規定。
President George W. Bush has invited leaders of the world's "major economies" to a conference on climate change September 27 and 28 in Washington. In his letter of invitation to 15 national governments plus the European Union and the United Nations, the president said the conference will place "special emphasis" on technology.
President Bush said he will address the conference, which will consider how to deal with global climate change after the Kyoto Protocol expires at the end of 2012.
The president's preferences run to nuclear power, clean coal, ethanol and other biofuels. The White House said in February that including the 2008 budget request the Bush administration "will have spent $15 billion since 2001 to develop cleaner, cheaper, more efficient, and more reliable energy sources." By contrast, the war in Iraq has cost more than $500 billion to date.
Some environmentalists say that the Bush climate conference is an effort to deflect international pressure for the United States to accept mandatory greenhouse emissions gas limits, something the president still refuses to do.
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