Media: APEC Hanoi Outcomes

APEC forum debates CC response

The 21-nation Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting will pledge to accelerate the development of new technologies and alternative energy sources.

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, said on Friday that climate change should be a top priority for the trade-focused group: "The dire economic effects of unchecked climate change should be addressed by APEC because of the organisation's primary concern for growth and development"... "Without a commitment to sustainability, we will likely get neither in future" Clark said.

Australia pushed for a six-nation alliance of the world's biggest polluters -- China, India, the United States, Australia, South Korea and Japan -- to promote new technologies to tackle climate change.

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