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SAN JOSE, California -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday accepted an invitation from U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the state's environmental policies at a United Nations conference in September.

Schwarzenegger told reporters he would attend during a news conference in which the two dignitaries briefly discussed their shared commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.

"Global warming is beyond debate," Ban said. "What's missing is political will and political leadership."

Ban has made climate change a top priority of his tenure as secretary-general and he lauded Schwarzenegger for pushing California to tackle the issue. Ban said he hopes to motivate heads of state to do the same at the Sept. 24 U.N. meeting in New York.

Last year, Schwarzenegger signed legislation that made California the first U.S. state to impose a cap on greenhouse gas emissions.

In the absence of national laws to address global warming in the U.S., a growing number of municipal and state governments — including New Jersey, Hawaii, and New York City — have followed suit, bypassing Washington by adopting their own legislation.

Ban extended the invitation after the two toured Echelon Corp., a San Jose-based company that provides energy-efficient networking technologies for residential, commercial, and public electrical equipment.

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