Debate on gas cut continues

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By The Associated Press
Published: December 13, 2007

BALI, Indonesia — The U.N. chief said Wednesday that guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions cuts favored by Europe and developing countries may be "too ambitious” to include in a final statement on climate change.

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's words strengthen the U.S.-led drive to remove the call for rich nations to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from the text of a statement on climate change.

Drafts of a final statement at a U.N. global warming conference this week have included a call for industrialized countries to consider cutting emissions blamed for rising temperatures by between 25 and 40 percent by 2020.

Speakers on Wednesday envisioned an agreement that wealthy nations should make the first cuts in emissions and help others develop in a clean way with technology and assistance. But some also called on quickly developing nations to rein in high levels of pollution.


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