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Asia-Pacific Partnership Will Fail to Tackle Climate Change

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Asia-Pacific climate partnership a ground-breaking model: Australia

Asia-Pacific climate partnership a ground-breaking model: Australia Australian Prime Minister John Howard and senior officials said Thursday that attendants of the inaugural meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate have agreed on a "ground-breaking new model for international climate change and energy collaboration." Ministers and business leaders from the six partners, namely, Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States ended a two-day meeting here Thursday with the focus on developing cleaner energy technologies so as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The six partners represent almost half of world GDP, energy consumption, greenhouse

Time to tip hat in Asia-Pacific direction

Time to tip hat in Asia-Pacific direction The old saying that, if the cap fits, wear it, begs an important question – what if the cap doesnt fit? In the contentious field of climate change, some new pragmatism is apparent as the Government rises to the challenge of wearing the Kyoto cap and meeting the Kyoto protocols targets for greenhouse gas emissions. This is good news to many in the business community. Concern has been growing about the effect on the economy of policies that seek to respond to the increasingly evident problem of climate change but create perverse effects

Asia-Pacific pact nations press big business for climate change cash

Asia-Pacific pact nations press big business for climate change cash The private sector and not governments must take the lead in halting global warming, some of the world's biggest-polluting nations said as controversial talks on climate change began. Ministers from the United States, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Australia met top executives from major mining and energy companies to seek high-tech ways of addressing the issue. The ministers were expected to use the two-day, closed-door meeting to press corporate giants such as Exxon Mobil, Rio Tinto and Peabody Energy for billions of dollars in contributions to pollution-reduction programs. Australian Industry

Pacific vital to Asia’s interests

Pacific vital to Asia's interests While the developing countries of Asia Pacific as a whole achieved average growth rates of over 6% in 2005, with China and India generating over 8%, most Pacific island developing countries on average managed just 3%. This was barely above the growth rate of the population in many island countries. The differences in the pace of growth are widening the gap between fast-growing Asian countries and the Pacific developing countries. The growing disparities over time could further marginalise the islands in a rapidly globalising world economy. One way of benefiting from Asian dynamism is for Pacific