Japan and China negotiate Kyoto
TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) – Japan and China will take part in negotiations on a framework for limiting global warming after 2012, the two countries said in joint statement on Wednesday following a summit meeting between their leaders.
In the statement issued after a meeting between visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two sides expressed "political will" to work towards resolving the climate change issue through international cooperation.
"The two sides will…actively participate in the process on building an effective framework from 2013 and beyond," they said in the document.
The U.N. Kyoto Protocol, the present framework for capping greenhouse gas emissions, is in effect up to 2012. China, which could become the world’s biggest carbon emitter within the year surpassing the United States, is not subject to binding emissions targets under the Kyoto agreement.
Participation by major emitters such as China, India and the United States is essential if any post-Kyoto agreement is to be effective, experts have said.
Cities, suburbs and rural communities involved: Some 330 cities, suburbs and and rural communities across America have signed up to a campaign to slash their energy consumption and reduce emissions of the pollutants that cause climate change.