Representatives from seven countries sign declaration on climate change

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Xinhua

Representatives from seven countries sign declaration on climate change
www.chinaview.cn 2008-11-20 06:49:40

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday joined 26 counterparts from six countries to sign a declaration acknowledging the threats of global warming on natural resources and economic prosperity.

The declaration, signed at the Governors' Global Climate Summit being held here, calls on states and provinces to build and strengthen cooperative efforts to implement strategies that can immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions in advance of the next global agreement on climate change.

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"Reversing the damage done by global warming is the great environmental challenge of the 21st Century, and I am proud that California and our co-host states are advancing the international policy debate through state and provincial partnerships. With this Summit declaration, we are establishing a framework to help negotiators next month in Poland and next year in Copenhagen as they draft a successor to the Kyoto Protocol," he noted.

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Fourteen U.S. governors and their counterparts from Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, India and China signed the declaration.




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