Sunday, February 10, 2008

G-7 nations ----------- to fight climate change - 2

The initiative would include "a fund that complements existing bilateral and multilateral efforts in providing financial support for the deployment of clean technologies in developing countries," it said.

The United States and Japan, the world's two largest economies, have been particularly vocal in supporting market measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming.

The United States is the only major developed economy to reject the Kyoto Protocol, arguing that the landmark environmental plan is unfair as it makes no demands on fast-growing emerging economies.

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