China says US should work with UN on climate change - AFP

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Source: Agence France-Presse

China says US should work with UN on climate change

1 hour, 20 minutes ago

BEIJING (AFP) - China welcomed Monday a US proposal to set up
a new global framework for fighting climate change, but insisted
such a plan should be carried out under the umbrella of the
United Nations.

"We believe that the new initiative of the White House should be
a useful complement to the UN Framework Convention and the
Kyoto Protocol and not a substitute for the two international
documents," China's economic planning chief, Ma Kai, told
journalists.

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Nevertheless, Ma, the head of China's National Development and
Reform Commission, said there were "positive elements" to Bush's
strategy.

"For example, the initiative recognised the close inter-relationship
between climate change on the one hand and economic
development and energy security on the other," he said.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070604/sc_afp/usg8bushclimatechina_070604062447

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Source: Reuters

China says U.S. climate plan positive but not answer
04 Jun 2007 03:20:43 GMT
Source: Reuters

BEIJING, June 4 (Reuters) - China said on Monday that it welcomed
U.S. President George Bush's proposals on climate change as a "positive
change", but stressed that any new agreements should not displace the
main U.N. treaty on global warming.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK85997.htm

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1. Coming from China, that is almost funny...their environmental record is really in the toilet