"Trump U.N. Pick Craft Says Climate Change A Threat To Planet"

"U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to be United Nations ambassador acknowledged on Wednesday that climate change is a threat and pledged to recuse herself from any U.N. talks on the issue involving coal because her husband is a coal billionaire.

Speaking before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, Kelly Craft - currently U.S. ambassador to Canada - also said fossil fuels were partly to blame. In 2017, Craft said she believed “both sides of the science” on climate change.

“Climate change needs to be addressed as it poses real risk to our planet. Human behavior has contributed to the change in climate, let there be no doubt,” she told the senators. “If confirmed, I will be an advocate in addressing climate change.”"

Michelle Nichols reports for Reuters June 19, 2019.