China and India Won't Play Ball With G8 Co2 Demands
The leaders of five major developing nations on on Thursday signalled they would not bow to pressure from the Group of Eight to commit to binding targets in the fight against global warming.
The consensus view was that all of these challenges must be addressed from a multi-lateral regional and bilateral perspective taking into consideration the interests and capacities of different states." India said it would not waver in its refusal to accept mandatory restrictions on its output of greenhouse gases. "India's position on climate change has not changed," Indian foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna told AFP. Both India and China, which have a combined population of 2.4 billion and rising pollution levels, reject restrictions on emissions because for fear that it would slow their economic growth and affect efforts to fight poverty.
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Peter C Glover
in Government & politics
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