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 gas emissions and population.
In a joint statement by Howard, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane and Environment Minister Ian Campbell issued following the end of the meeting, the ministers described the meeting as “historic,” saying the partnership complements other global climate change initiatives.
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