NEW YORK (AP) - Alec Baldwin says he is passionate about green energy and is hoping next week's U.N. climate summit brings home to Americans that the United States has fallen behind other countries in promoting wind and solar power.

The Emmy award-winning actor spoke at a reception Thursday night to celebrate the launch of a book entitled "Addressing Climate Change" featuring the work of award-winning English photographer Henry Dallal. Its contributors include U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres, who attended the launch."We've been talking about this for 25 years," Baldwin told The Associated Press. "We need to learn the lessons that other people are learning - no nukes, less coal ... reduce, reduce, not eliminate."He singled out Germany's increasing use of solar and wind power."For me energy independence comes from renewables."