Posted on 12/01/2005 3:08:55 PM PST by proud_yank
MONTREAL — China — one of the world's major polluters — urged the U.S. to join the Kyoto treaty Wednesday, rejecting arguments that the pact is flawed because it fails to restrict emissions by developing countries.
China's Sun Guoshunis said his country was already cutting the polluting emissions, adding it was unfair to expect China and India — with the world's largest populations — to ask their impoverished people to cut back on energy consumption.
"We really feel pity that the U.S. has not yet, and is not going to join the Kyoto Protocol, not only because of the size of its total emissions, but also because of its higher per capita emissions," Sun, director of the Department of Treaty and Law at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
He spoke during the first meeting of the 140 countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol since it was signed in 1997 and went into effect in February.
More than 8,000 environmentalists, scientists and government officials were attending the 10-day conference in Montreal. Some 120 environment ministers and other government leaders were expected to arrive next week for the final negotiations.
On Wednesday, the conference finalized the treaty's so-called "rule book," establishing greenhouse emissions cuts and mechanisms to allow developed countries to earn credit for carbon reduction by investing in development projects in other nations.
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China should STFU and unsign. Down with the next ice age!
hey , if you accept that a war between the Chicoms and the USA is inevitable, wouldn't you push for this treaty also
...ping
But wait!
I thought China was our friend!
Man the Chinese back a set of big stones.
Unrestricted emissions from China are polluting the Artic and they're telling everyone else to sign up.
sounds like a perfect idea to me! I'll keep that as a suggestion when some leftist gets harping on about Kyoto. Wonder if that will change their stance on the fact that it is a wealth redistribution program. Probably not.
Love that graphic.
We're busy killing radical Muslims. Leave us alone.
The Russians also urged us to sign it. The Russians, however, is exemped because it is considered a "Developing" country, along with the Chinese.
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