It is a ground-up call to action that is forcing both parties to change the way that they are doing business, and that is beautiful."

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Words could get no action to change things.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Roger Johnson is President of The National Farmers Union, a smaller farmers' organization, supports action on climate change.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

That's why I chose the NAACP. Because their method was legal change through the court system, or through action by the Congress."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

It described the target as a voluntary action, and predicted it would make a "major contribution" to global efforts to deal with climate change.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

One resolution was approved a declaration calling for concerted global action on climate change ahead of a major United Nations conference on the subject scheduled for December in Copenhagen.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

But climate change negotiators worry that without quick action, the carbon footprint of countries like India and China will rise dramatically as their fast-growing economies propel millions into the middle class.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Kenyan parliament member David Koech, serving as chairman of the Pan-African Parliamentarians' Network on Climate Change, which organized the event, said Africans expect global action because they are experiencing the harsh reality of an unfriendly climate.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13