Barack Obama addressed 200,000 individuals who gathered to hear him speak in Berlin yesterday, and it took him less than ten minutes to tackle the topic of global warming, which was met with cheers from the crowd.

“As we speak, cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic, and bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya. This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.”

“Let us resolve that all nations — including my own — will act with the same seriousness of purpose as has your nation, and reduce the carbon we send into our atmosphere,” said Obama, who wants to cut U.S. CO2 back to 1990 levels by 2020. “This is the moment to give our children back their future. This is the moment to stand as one.”

He also commended Germany for their committment to reduce carbon emissions by 20 per cent in the past 18 years, while the U.S. has watched theirs jump 14 per cent during the same period of time.

Interestingly enough, Obama's words were well-received by the spectators, however several media sources are divided. Some used words like "stupendous" to describe his speech, while others said it was full of "mixed metaphors and soggy logic."

Watch this clip below (the quote about climate change can be found at approximately 7:55) or see Obama's entire speech here. Which opinion do you agree with: Did Obama's speech give you goosebumps or make you shudder?

» Reuters