John McCain Traveling through Europe Discussing Greenhouse Gas Restrictions

Senator John McCain has been traveling in Europe, and has met with the current Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom and former Prime Minister Tony Blair.  Their talks were wide ranging, but included discussions of actions to address climate change and the use of a cap-and-rade system to achieve greenhouse gas reductions.  They also discussed a post-Kyoto treaty.

"I want to make clear again we will not have a global agreement that is effective unless India and China are part of it," McCain said.  "I am convinced that if we work at it, we will convince India and China that it is in their interests to be part of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  I think that there will be sufficient international pressures and domestic pressures as well as the facts of the environmental challenges that will bring them into a global agreement."

Senator McCain also met with the European Union environment commissioner Stavros Dimas, who oversees Europe’s emissions trading scheme.