(6 nation) Climate pact is "no post-Kyoto answer" - Reuters

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Climate pact is "no post-Kyoto answer"

By Rob Taylor

Tue Feb 27, 10:23 PM ET

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A six-nation alliance of big polluters drawing in China, Japan,
the U.S. and India was not the answer to the search for a wider post-Kyoto pact
to combat global warming, Britain's top climate diplomat said on Tuesday.

The American-led Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate, which
also includes Australia and South Korea, was formed in July 2005 and aims to use
technology, rather than binding Kyoto-style caps, to limit greenhouse emissions.

Australia, one of the world's biggest per capita greenhouse gas emitters, has called
the partnership a model for a past-Kyoto deal drawing together both developing and
advanced economies.

But John Ashton, Britain's Special Representative on Climate Change, said the six
nations had little in common, making the chances of meaningful cooperation slight.

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