Clinton, Obama open 5th Clinton Global Initiative Meeting, with focus on energy, climate change

In New York, President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton opened the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, with more than 60 current and former heads of state, 500 business leaders, and 400 leaders from nongovernmental and philanthropic organizations attending the meeting, representing 84 countries.

The meeting will focus on harnessing innovation, strengthening infrastructure, building human capital, and financing an equitable future for energy and climate change among other challenges.   Since 2005, CGI members have made more than 1,400 commitments valued at $46 billion, which have improved the lives of more than 200 million people in more than 170 countries.

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