USA: Obama faces calls to tackle climate change as he returns to White House

In his victory speech, Barack Obama invoked the issue of climate change in the following terms, "We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet."

Writing for Business Green, Jessica Shankleman adds that "the initial focus of Obama's climate change and energy efforts are likely to focus on extending the wind energy tax credit as soon as possible, accelerating efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through the Environmental Protection Agency, and managing to fall out of Hurricane Sandy to highlight the need for more investment in climate change adaptation."