WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met on Friday to discuss solutions to global energy problems and climate change.
“The two leaders agreed on the global nature of our energy, climate and economic challenges, and the urgent need for action to address them,” the Energy Department said in a statement.
The leaders also reviewed opportunities for cooperation and participation by countries to promote clean energy and energy efficiency along with fighting climate change.
“They emphasized the importance of these efforts in helping to create new jobs as part of the global economic recovery effort,” the department said.
The United States and other countries will meet this year in Copenhagen, Denmark to work on a new international agreement to combat global warming.
Several committees in the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to vote this month on legislation to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Reporting by Tom Doggett; Editing by David Gregorio
