Australian PM says APEC to tackle energy savings - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

Australian PM says APEC to tackle energy savings
Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:08AM EDT

CANBERRA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific leaders will
be asked to back practical ways for their nations to save
energy when they meet at a regional summit in Sydney,
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday.

Australia will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) summit from Sept. 8, and Howard has written to
leaders of the group's 21 economies to put climate
change at the top of the agenda.

Howard said leaders would be asked to endorse a "long-
term aspirational goal" for cutting greenhouse gas
emissions blamed for global warming, and also look to
practical ways of curbing emissions through improved
energy efficiency.

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A draft leaders' declaration on climate change from the
Sydney APEC meeting, obtained by Reuters, says leaders
will agree on cuts to energy intensity by at least 25
percent on 2005 levels by 2030.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSYD227016

Note phrase "energy intensity".
Economies must grow, Howard says.