Ariddia
04-12-2007, 18:37
Australia yesterday joined the fold of rich countries committed to tackling climate change by signing the Kyoto agreement to limit CO2 emissions, at once distancing itself from the US and ending a 10-year diplomatic exile on the issue.
The decision on the first day of the UN conference in Bali follows the election last week of a new government which has promised to address climate change. It was applauded by delegates from many of the 189 countries who have arrived in Indonesia to start negotiations on a follow-up treaty to come into force in 2012.
Yesterday the US, now the only developed country not to have signed up to Kyoto, said it intended to be "very open and flexible" in the talks, which will continue for 11 days in the Indonesian resort island.
(link (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/04/climatechange.bali))
The decision on the first day of the UN conference in Bali follows the election last week of a new government which has promised to address climate change. It was applauded by delegates from many of the 189 countries who have arrived in Indonesia to start negotiations on a follow-up treaty to come into force in 2012.
Yesterday the US, now the only developed country not to have signed up to Kyoto, said it intended to be "very open and flexible" in the talks, which will continue for 11 days in the Indonesian resort island.
(link (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/04/climatechange.bali))