PM Kevin Rudd - Australia Will Do "No More And No Less" Than Other Nations To Fight Climate Change

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Well, that sounds promising. And did I mention bold?

Australia will do "no more and no less" than other nations to fight climate change, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday, as he defended the outcome of global talks in Copenhagen.

Rudd's centre-left government wants to introduce a carbon emissions trading scheme which will reduce the pollution responsible for global warming by between five and 25 percent of 2000 levels by 2020.

But following the global summit on climate change in the Danish capital, it will consider the efforts of other countries before setting the level within this range at which carbon emissions will be capped. Asked whether Australia would consider a target above 25 percent, Rudd replied: "Absolutely not. And the reason is, as I have said consistently, that Australia will do no more and no less than the rest of the world," he told reporters.

The non-binding Copenhagen Accord committed nations to limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), but it failed to set targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts. Rudd said Australia's range of five to 25 percent carbon cuts was consistent with this aim, as he defended the outcome of the summit.

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http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Australia_to_do_no_more_and_no_less_than_others_on_climate_999.html

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1. "Bold". Yeah, that was the word that sprang unbidden to my lips as well.

Not.

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2. In any equitable bargain both parties should feel like they're giving up more.

This is a loser.