Australia Will Press APEC Nations To Agree To Climate Goals To Cut Emissions. Voluntarily. Someday

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“We will be pressing for a commitment by all Apec economies to the key elements of a genuinely global response to climate change,” Downer said in a speech to foreign correspondents. “Australia would like to see the Apec leaders agree for the first time that a new international agreement should include an agreed long-term aspirational goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” he said.

Downer said Apec economies, which include the world’s three largest polluters in the United States, China and Russia, accounted for 60 percent of global energy demand and pumped out about the same share of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. "Apec members have an opportunity in Sydney in a few days time to help shape the global response to climate change at a crucial time,” Downer said.

An Apec declaration on climate change is not expected to include any specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The statement on climate change was bypassing normal Apec channels, which usually involves senior officials negotiating the wording of a statement that is then passed to ministers, and finally to leaders during their two-day retreat.

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