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Kyoto talks end with landmark protocol
The Associated Press
BONN, Germany (AP) The Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming emerged from crucial talks in Bonn, Germany, with hefty concessions to some of the world's leading industrialized countries, but environmentalists weren't disheartened yesterday.
Activists said setting in motion a worldwide effort against climate change was in itself a landmark and argued that the initiative could be strengthened over time.
"It's huge," said David Doniger of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a U.S.-based group that attended the talks. "It's historic to have this agreement with this sound
architecture and to have it go into force."
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The Kyoto treaty aims to cut emissions of so-called greenhouse gases, blamed for warming the Earth's atmosphere.
The World Wildlife Fund estimated the reduction would be closer to 1.8 percent.
In a European concession, nations agreed to drop legally binding sanctions for countries that violate the treaty. That decision ensured Japan's agreement — essential to the plan's survival after President Bush withdrew
Under Monday's deal, countries that fail to sufficiently cut greenhouse gases will be penalized for every ton over the limit by having their target for the following year lowered by 1.3 tons.
in March, arguing it was flawed and would harm the U.S. economy.
Tokyo agreed to have the dispute reconsidered later.
"There are still some pretty good incentives there," Scott said.
"Once (the protocol) starts up, I think it'll just have a momentum that overcomes the loopholes."
Alden Meyer, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a U.S.-based group, called for much deeper cuts, but was confident the agreement would step up pressure on the United States to change course.
"The alternative would have been a disaster," he said. "It was a choice between an imperfect agreement and no agreement."
To take force, the accord must
be ratified by 55 countries responsible for 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The 30 nations that have ratified the protocol so far include none of the world's largest industrial powers.
Although her group highlighted the effects of concessions on Kyoto's targets, Jennifer Morgan of the World Wildlife Fund described the agreement as "a geopolitical earthquake."
"The world has defied George W. Bush on climate change," she said, adding that the deal "sends a very unambiguous message to industry to begin investing in technology that reduces emissions."
U.S., Russia move ahead in missile debate
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russia's defense minister said yesterday that Moscow would consider making changes to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, signaling an apparent softening of Russia's opposition to U.S. plans to build a national missile defense system.
The statement by Sergei Ivanov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's political associate, came a day before President Bush's national security adviser was to arrive in Moscow for talks building on a new security initiative. Condoleezza Rice was scheduled to meet with Ivanov on Wednesday and Putin on Thursday.
Bush and Putin announced
Sunday in Genoa, Italy, that the United States and Russia would link talks on missile defense with discussions on reducing both sides' strategic weapons.
That unexpected announcement was seen as an indication that Washington and Moscow were moving closer in their dispute about U.S. proposals for a missile defense system, which would violate the terms of the 1972 ABM treaty that Russia said was a keystone of global security.
But Ivanov said yesterday, "If the experts come to the conclusion
Putin said on Monday that the linkage did not mean Russia was backing off and said both leaders had reaffirmed their adherence to the treaty.
that some changes in the treaty won't harm the national security of Russia, then I will report that to the president," according to the Interfax news agency.
The ABM treaty allows each country only one limited missile-defense system, on the premise that neither country would launch a nuclear first strike if it could not protect itself from retaliation. Russia said abandoning the treaty would spark a new nuclear arms race.
Such an arms race would be economic suicide for struggling Russia, Ivanov said.
The United States argues that it needs a national missile-defense to protect itself against possible attacks by small "rogue nations" that are believed to be
developing nuclear weapons.
Russia had dismissed that argument, but Ivanov said that Russia had developed its own list of "rogue countries."
"The United States knows about it. And our list is no less justified," he said, according to Interfax.
Putin has said that if the United States goes ahead with the new missile defense system, Russia would consider tearing up all arms-control agreements and consider putting multiple warheads on missiles that now carry single warheads.
But despite such warnings and its repeated insistence on preserving the ABM, Russia has had little success in marshaling other countries behind its cause.
ASEAN dialogues to resume
The Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam — Southeast Asian nations stressed that peace in the region was linked to stable U.S.-China ties, as Secretary of State Colin Powell returned to Vietnam yesterday for the first time since the Vietnam War.
Powell is attending regional security talks, which begin today. The meeting will include the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its 23 dialogue partners — including the United States, China, Russia, North and South Korea and the European Union.
In a statement, ASEAN foreign ministers said stable relations among the major powers, "particularly the U.S. and China," were important to maintaining peace in the region.
The ministers hope to persuade Powell that Washington should remain committed to Southeast Asia's security and not be preoccupied with North Asia.
ASEAN, formed in 1967, has 10 members still recovering from economic crisis, more than half a billion people and some of the world's most critical sea lanes.
South Korean Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo said participants in Wednesday's regional security forum would call on North Korea to resume dialogue with the South. Talks stalled early this year when President Bush called for a reexamination of U.S. security policy toward the North.
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