US 'playing catch-up to China' in clean energy efforts, UN climate chief says
by Suzanne Goldenberg US environment correspondent from on (#SFKM)
Christiana Figueres takes swipe at Barack Obama, saying China 'has taken an undisputed leadership' in transforming economy to avoid further climate change
China is now leading the world when it comes to fighting climate change - handily beating the US's efforts under Barack Obama to move to a clean energy economy, the United Nations climate chief said on Tuesday.
In a swipe at the US president, who has embraced the fight against climate change as his legacy, Christiana Figueres, the UN's leading climate official, said that when it came to getting off fossil fuels America was still relegated to an also-ran.
