(KUNA) -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill...
hailed the Cancun Agreements as "meaningful progress" in the global response to climate change.
The agreements, reached after a just-concluded international climate change gathering in Mexico, are "a set of balanced international decisions" under the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society Framework Convention on Climate Change, Clinton said in a statement released by the State Department on Saturday.
The agreements advance each of the core elements of the Copenhagen Accord, she said.
"They anchor the accord's mitigation pledges; build on a system of transparency, with substantial detail and content of International Consultations and Analysis, which will provide confidence that a country's pledges are being carried out; launch a new Green Climate Fund; create a framework to reduce deforestation in developing countries; establish a technology mechanism; and set up a framework and committee to promote international cooperation and action on adaptation," Clinton said.
The agreements "represent a balanced and significant step forward," she said.
"In the days and months ahead, the United States will work with our friends and partners to keep the world focused on this urgent challenge, and to continue building on this progress."