Obama hopes to marshal strong action against climate change

FILE - Policemen patrol outside the main entrance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. The site of Paris-Le Bourget will officially become United Nations territory for the COP 21 conference which is scheduled to start on Nov. 30. President Barack Obama heads to a historic conference in Paris hoping to marshal strong global action against climate change. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File) FILE - Policemen patrol outside the main entrance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. The site of Paris-Le Bourget will officially become United Nations territory for the COP 21 conference which is scheduled to start on Nov. 30. President Barack Obama heads to a historic conference in Paris hoping to marshal strong global action against climate change. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

By Associated Press November 29, 2015 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is hoping to marshal strong global action against climate change at the historic conference in Paris and reassure the world that the U.S. can deliver on its own commitments.

Obama is due to arrive in the French capital late Sunday.

He’s joining more than 150 world leaders who are assembling for the opening days of a two-week conference. The countries are trying to negotiate an agreement aimed at avoiding a calamitous increase in global temperatures.

Obama – with just a year left in office – wants to lead the world by example on climate change. But he faces pushback at home that makes it harder for him to credibly make the case on the world stage that the U.S. will honor its promises to cut emissions.