[Bilingual reading] Hillary Clinton: Coping with climate change is like losing weight

Tackling climate change was like trying to lose weight, Hillary Clinton says

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of the state, have compared the challenge of fighting climate change to hers own struggle to L OSE weight.

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of the state, have compared the challenge of fighting climate change to hers own struggle to L OSE weight. Speaking to state Department staff in Earth Day, Mrs Clinton said more must is done to reduce the Department ' s environment Al Footprint and conceded this is a big challenge, much like one of her personal battles. "Often times when such a overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting-it ' s kin D of like trying to lose weight, which I know something on, "she said to laughter." "You think, oh I only had to lose X numbers of pounds but it seems like such a far away goal," she added. "It ' s kind of like world peace and so therefore why even try? Well, because we is called to try. That's who we're as human beings and that's especially how we think of ourselves as Americans. " Later, Mrs Clinton defended the right to abortion and the Obama administration's decision to finance family planning overs EAs. "I ' ve been in hospitals in Brazil where half the women were enthusiastically and joyfully greeting new babies and the othe R half were fighting for their lives against botched abortions, "she told Congress. "I ' ve been in African countries where and 13-year-old girls is bearing children. I have been in Asian countries where the denial of family planning consigns women to lives of oppression and hardship. "It is my strongly held view," is entitled to advocate and everyone who agrees with you should being free Ywhere in the world, and so is we. "

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a speech today likened the challenge of tackling climate change to the test of her own weight-loss experience. Speaking to Congressional staff on Earth Day, Mrs Clinton said more needs to be done to reduce the "carbon footprint" of Congress, saying it was a big challenge, similar to her personal weight-loss fight. "A lot of the time, when you face the daunting challenge of global climate change, it's a bit of a fear--it's kind of like losing weight," Clinton said. "The listeners burst into laughter after they heard it. "You'll think, oh, I just have to lose a few pounds, but it seems to be a very distant goal." ” "It's a bit like world peace, so why try?" he asked. Because we have to try. That's what we should do as humans, and that's what we're supposed to do as Americans. ” Mrs Clinton then defended the right to abortion and the Obama administration's decision to allow funding for overseas family planning. "I've seen women in Brazilian hospitals celebrating their new-born children happily, while others are struggling with a botched abortion," she said. ” "I have seen a 33-year-old girl in African countries pregnant with a baby. I have seen in Asian countries that family planning is not allowed to bring women into depression and suffering. ” "I strongly believe that you have the right to advocate this idea, and that every person who holds the same views with you has the right to do so in all parts of the world, and so do we." ”