FACTBOX: Obama's achievements on climate change

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama promised as a presidential candidate that fighting climate change would be one of his top priorities in the White House.

Shortly after winning the November 2008 election, he reiterated that promise and cheered the world with signs the United States would negotiate seriously on an international pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

So what has Obama achieved since taking office in January? A law to cut U.S. emissions has not passed, but other initiatives to tackle climate change are in place.

Here is a list of some of the things the Obama administration has and hasn't achieved:

STILL TO DO

Not achieved: a law. Obama's wish to push climate legislation through Congress by the end of this year and in time for the Copenhagen climate talks was stymied by the long debate over healthcare reform. Lawmakers are now focusing on 2010 for the climate and energy legislation, which has passed the House of Representatives but must still clear the Senate.

ALREADY DONE

The White House has highlighted the following accomplishments since Obama's inauguration.

Domestically:

- $80 billion of investment in "clean" energy through the $787 billion stimulus package

- new fuel economy standards for cars and trucks

- more stringent energy efficiency standards for appliances such as microwaves and light bulbs

- an emissions inventory rule in which the United States will catalog greenhouse gas emissions from large emission sources

Internationally:

- relaunching the Major Economies Forum, or MEF, to facilitate discussion on climate change between developing and developed nations and promote clean energy

- securing an agreement for all G20 countries to phase out their fossil fuel subsidies over the medium term

- bilateral partnerships on energy and climate with China, India, Mexico and Canada

(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Peter Cooney)