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EU to help China tackle greenhouse gas
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-06 07:02
Environmental group WWF hailed the agreement.
"It is a very welcome signal that both China and the EU recognize climate
change as a key geopolitical issue and are ready to take concrete action to
reduce its threats," said Jennifer Morgan, Director of the global WWF Climate
Change Programme, in a statement.
"Unlike the recent Asia-Pacific Pact with the United States and other
countries, this agreement includes policies, markets and technologies, which
should lead to real and significant action."
Some activists say the six-nation Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean
Development and Climate, which was announced in July, had hazy targets and could
be a distraction attempt ahead of U.N. talks in November that will focus on
widening the environmental agreement known as the Kyoto Protocol past 2012.
Coal is China's main energy source, satisfying 75 percent of the country's
energy needs, said Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at the summit.
An EU-China partnership on climate change was set up at the summit that will
lead to cooperation on technology and ongoing discussions on tackling global
warming, the statement said.
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