North American Leaders Pledge to Work Together to Curb Climate Change, Emissions

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President Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cited a shared concern for addressing climate change and pledged to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during a Feb. 19 summit of North American leaders in Toluca, Mexico. Obama said the three countries will work together to adopt and meet new fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks, and he said Harper agreed to work with the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "We do have to point to the future and show leadership so that other countries who will be the main emitters fairly soon-China, India, other emerging markets-so that they can look at what we're doing and we have leverage over them in terms of them improving their practices as well," Obama said.