Bangkok  - "President Obama" vowed Friday in Bangkok to end the climate crisis by committing the US to emissions reductions at the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Summit in December. Not!

In a publicity stunt outside the US Embassy in Bangkok, Barack Obama lookalike Ilham Anas, 34, from Indonesia, said all the things Greenpeace wishes the real President Obama would say.

"I will attend the Copenhagen Climate Summit," said the famed "Faux-bama." "I will ensure an ambitious, fair and binding global climate treaty. I will make funds available for climate mitigation and adaptation, starting with funds to protect the remaining forests."

Ilham Anas's speech was part of Greenpeace's effort to call world leaders' attention to climate change prior to a series of meetings on the burning issue, including Obama's address to United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Copenhagen in December where his attendance is not yet confirmed.

"The speech delivered by Faux-bama during today's activity is the promise that climate activists around the world want US President Obama to make in order to put a stop to the global climate crisis," said Tara Buakamsri, campaign manager for Greenpeace South-East Asia.

According to a poll of more than 6,000 people in developing Asia more than half see Obama as the man to spearhead a treaty to fight climate change.

Fifty-three per cent chose Obama from a list of 13 leaders, which also included British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Chinese President Hu Jintao and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the second-most votes with 15 per cent, followed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with 14 per cent.

The poll was conducted in August by the market research firm Synovate on behalf of Greenpeace South-East Asia, the World Wide Fund for Nature and 350. org, an international campaign pushing for a climate treaty to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

A total of 6,063 people from China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand were questioned for the survey, aimed at gauging public opinion ahead of a resumption of UN climate change talks in Bangkok on September 28 and the climate summit in December in Copenhagen, where world leaders are to meet to craft a new global treaty to control emissions. (dpa)