China's climate change plan due ahead of G8 summit
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China will release its first national plan to tackle climate change next week, seeking to rebut international criticism that it is not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials said on Thursday.
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Asia-Pacific leaders were set to sign a declaration on climate change on Saturday that aims to eventually reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, but sets no binding targets for that goal.
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China's top climate official said on  Tuesday that Beijing is determined to curb the use of fossil  fuels behind global warming, but deflected questions of whether  the big emitter will accept caps on greenhouse gases.
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Asia-Pacific nations, including China and the United States, will accept for the first time global goals to reduce emissions, according to a draft statement prepared for an APEC summit on Saturday.
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US President George W Bush outlines a new plan to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of a G8 summit.
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Asia-Pacific leaders were expected to sign a landmark statement on climate change at their annual summit on Saturday, papering over differences between rich and developing nations over pollution targets.
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Climate experts have greeted George W. Bush&#39;s call for a &quot;new framework&quot; to combat global warming, proffered days ahead of a G8 summit at which climate change will top the agenda, with some relief but even more skepticism.
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China's President Hu Jintao gave qualified support to an Australian initiative on climate change on Thursday as a rift opened at the APEC meeting over the "Sydney Declaration" and its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
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Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed for the Group of Eight summit in Germany on Tuesday pledging to take the initiative in the fight against global warming.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jun 5 (IPS) - In the final hours before this week's Group of  Eight (G8) summit gets underway in Germany, activists have  underscored the need for progress with both climate change and  poverty alleviation -- key items on the meeting's agenda --  for there to be real improvement in Africa's living  conditions.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that the Group of Eight has agreed on a plan calling for "substantial cuts" in the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
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The Kyoto Protocol, which aims to slow down global warming, will come into effect on Wednesday.
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Australia's conservative, anti-Kyoto prime minister has pushed climate change to the top of the agenda for this week's APEC forum. But can the U.S. and China be brought onboard this time?
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Japan aims to put global warming top of the agenda as it takes over the chairmanship of the G8.
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"As the G8 we must come to a common understanding on how we can fight climate change. But as I stand here today, I am not sure that we will manage this in Heiligendamm"  (CP) - The leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are headed for a showdown next month on how to tackle climate change, with the United States pitted against European nations on how to move forward.Where Canada stands on this major rift remains a mystery leading up to the G8 meetings in Heiligendamm, Germany, beginning June 6.The three days of meetings are widely regarded as a bellwether for the success of the United Nations-led efforts to start a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Talks on that second phase, which would include countries such as India and China, begin December in Bali. Read more
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China promised on Monday to integrate climate change policy into its industrial and energy sectors, but said it would not cave in to international pressure over global warming by sacrificing economic growth.