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7.28.2005
  US Joins Asians in Climate Deal (news.BBC.co.uk)
By Kylie Morris
BBC News, Vientiane

A layer of pollution haze hovers over Beijing, China
The nations do not want climate policies to affect economic growth

The six also include Australia, India, South Korea and Japan - who, with the US and China, account for nearly half the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

The US-led initiative promises to fight global warming through new technology, supplied to the countries in most need.

Unlike the Kyoto Protocol, the new compact is non-binding, with no enforcement mechanisms.

(More ... BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | US joins Asians in climate deal)
 
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