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Updated November 03, 2009

Gore 'Certain' Obama Will Attend December Climate Talks in Copenhagen

AP

The former vice president said Tuesday he believes President Obama will attend the December climate talks in Copenhagen to emphasize his administration's commitment to safeguarding the environment.

WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Al Gore said he believes President Obama will attend the December climate talks in Copenhagen to emphasize his administration's commitment to safeguarding the environment.

In an interview Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Gore said that while he had not spoken to Obama about the global talks, "I feel certain he will" attend.

The Copenhagen talks are aimed at negotiating a follow-on agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, which required 37 industrial nations to cut carbon emissions by an average 5 percent from 1990 levels by 2012, when the accord expires. The U.S. rejected Kyoto as unfair and harmful to the U.S. economy, even though Gore was one of the negotiators.

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