[graffis-lAUSTRALIA TO MOVE QUICKLY ON CLIMATE CHANGE, WITH NEW P.M. RUDD

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Australia's Rudd to move

quickly on climate change

 

 

Posted by: " Mark Graffis "

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Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:56 am (PST)

http://www.terradaily.com/2007/071125051820.xqotnr26.html

Australia's Rudd to move quickly on climate change

SYDNEY, Nov 25 (AFP) Nov 25, 2007

Australia's incoming prime minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday vowed to

move quickly on his campaign pledges on climate change, viewed as a

crucial element in his landslide election victory. Promising " action and action now on climate change and

water, " Rudd said he would attend next month's UN meeting on climate

change in the Indonesian island of Bali after an invitation from

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Rudd also told British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a telephone

conversation that he would move quickly to ratify the United

Nation's-backed Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

" President Yudhoyono formally invited me to attend the Bali

conference, which will of course deal with climate change and where we go

to now on Kyoto, " Rudd said.

" I responded positively of course to President Yudhoyono's

invitation and I look forward very much to meeting him in Bali very

soon. "

In the Ugandan capital Kampala, which has been hosting the biennial

53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Brown issued

a statement saying that Rudd had undertaken to move quickly to ratify the

Kyoto agreement and take serious action on climate change.

" This is an immediate change for the Australian

government, " Brown said at the leaders' retreat on the shores of

Lake Victoria.

" They (Australia) are now signing the Kyoto agreement. As far as

the Bali talks are concerned, his commitment to a post-Kyoto agreement

and what he wants to do about a binding commitment will be a very

important factor in the next stage of the Bali talks. "

Rudd pledged during the campaign to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, a step

which would leave the United States as the only major country not to have

ratified the agreement.

A total of 172 countries and government entities have ratified the

Protocol, which came into force on February 16, 2005. Thirty-six of them,

plus the European Union (EU) as a party in its own right, are required to

make targeted emissions curbs, concerning six greenhouse gases.

The Australian Conservation Foundation said climate change had proved

a crucial issue in the election, saying 21 of the seats Rudd's Labor

Party had wrested from the government had been decided on Green Party

preferences.

" Australians have voted for fair dinkum (genuine) action on

climate change and are looking forward to Mr Rudd moving immediately to

ratify Kyoto and develop a strong target to cut greenhouse pollution by

2030, " said ACF executive director Don Henry. ronAt 08:51 AM 11/25/07, you wrote:

Australia's Rudd to move quickly on

climate change

Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis

mgraffis

Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:56 am (PST)

http://www.terradaily.com/2007/071125051820.xqotnr26.html

Australia's Rudd to move quickly on climate change

SYDNEY, Nov 25 (AFP) Nov 25, 2007

Australia's incoming prime minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday vowed to move

quickly on his campaign pledges on climate change, viewed as a crucial

element in his landslide election victory.

Promising " action and action now on climate change and water, "

Rudd said he would attend next month's UN meeting on climate change in

the Indonesian island of Bali after an invitation from President Susilo

Bambang Yudhoyono.

Rudd also told British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a telephone

conversation that he would move quickly to ratify the United

Nation's-backed Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

" President Yudhoyono formally invited me to attend the Bali

conference, which will of course deal with climate change and where we go

to now on Kyoto, " Rudd said.

" I responded positively of course to President Yudhoyono's

invitation and I look forward very much to meeting him in Bali very

soon. "

In the Ugandan capital Kampala, which has been hosting the biennial

53-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Brown issued

a statement saying that Rudd had undertaken to move quickly to ratify the

Kyoto agreement and take serious action on climate change.

" This is an immediate change for the Australian government, "

Brown said at the leaders' retreat on the shores of Lake Victoria.

 

" They (Australia) are now signing the Kyoto agreement. As far as the

Bali talks are concerned, his commitment to a post-Kyoto agreement and

what he wants to do about a binding commitment will be a very important

factor in the next stage of the Bali talks. "

Rudd pledged during the campaign to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, a step

which would leave the United States as the only major country not to have

ratified the agreement.

A total of 172 countries and government entities have ratified the

Protocol, which came into force on February 16, 2005. Thirty-six of them,

plus the European Union (EU) as a party in its own right, are required to

make targeted emissions curbs, concerning six greenhouse gases.

The Australian Conservation Foundation said climate change had proved a

crucial issue in the election, saying 21 of the seats Rudd's Labor Party

had wrested from the government had been decided on Green Party

preferences.

" Australians have voted for fair dinkum (genuine) action on climate

change and are looking forward to Mr Rudd moving immediately to ratify

Kyoto and develop a strong target to cut greenhouse pollution by

2030, " said ACF executive director Don Henry.

 

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