APEC approved the draft climate statement

APEC negotiators yesterday agreed on a joint statement on global warming, which acknowledged rich countries to take greater responsibility for the issue and called on developing countries. commitment to energy efficiency targets.

As revealed by two Asian officials, experts from 21 APEC member states have approved the full draft of a joint statement on climate change. This document will be submitted to their summit leaders starting today (September 8).

If APEC leaders approve the draft statement, this will be a great victory for the US and Australia. These two countries have made efforts to force China - one of the major polluters in the world, and other developing countries to pledge to quantitatively target global climate change.

Observers said the heads of state seemed to approve the general statement at the conference. However, they still have the opportunity to change some content in the text.

Salman Al-Farisi, an Indonesian negotiator, said the draft statement included an agreement on the goal of cutting 25% of energy intensity by 2030. This is considered a concession. The main set of poorer countries.

In return, developed countries have agreed to recognize that poorer countries are less responsible for cutting carbon emissions. The parties also agreed that the United Nations headquarters would be the main venue for global negotiations on climate change.

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