US calls for CO{sub 2} cut
The US Government has outraged energy-intensive industries by calling for an international agreement to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) and other greenhouse gases. In a clear policy shift, the US--the world`s largest emitter of greenhouse gases and not previously an advocate of curbing them--says it now intends to lead moves to prevent global warming. At last week`s Second Conference of the Parties (COP-2) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), US Undersecretary for Global Affairs Timothy Wirth called for {open_quotes}an agreement that sets a realistic, verifiable, and binding medium-term emissions target.{close_quotes} Individual countries should be free to choose how to meet targets, and the US favors market-based mechanisms, he says. {open_quotes}Climate change is a serious problem and will require sustained long-term investment to be addressed successfully,{close_quotes} Wirth says.
- OSTI ID:
- 543119
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week, Journal Name: Chemical Week Journal Issue: 28 Vol. 158; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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