Japan Refuses To Negotiate New Carbon Targets Until New US President Sworn In - BBC

[hatrack]

Japan says that it will not negotiate new targets on CO2 emissions until it sees what the new US President has to offer on climate change.

A senior Japanese official also told the BBC his country would continue to try to re-negotiate the baseline date against which CO2 targets are measured.

Japan’s emissions are more than 6% above the 1990 Kyoto Protocol baseline.

World leaders are starting the three-day G8 summit in Toyako, on Japan's northern Hokkaido island. Mr Jun Arima, chief negotiator for the powerful industry ministry METI, promised that Japan would meet its promised 6% CO2 cut by purchasing pollution credits from developing countries.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7493081.stm

[Doctor Cynic]

1. If McCain wins, it would be a lot of hot air for them to deal with.n/t