Japan Aims to Push China, U.S. on Pollution Without Kyoto
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Japan’s rejection of an international treaty on reducing pollution after 2012 is a tactic to put pressure on China and the U.S. to sign up to a new climate pact, the country’s environment ambassador said.
Japan wants to encourage the world’s two biggest emitters to take part in a global climate-protection system that would be agreed to before 2015 and to include both developing and industrialized nations, according to Masahiko Horie, who is ambassador for global environment. The nation will pursue voluntary policies rather than binding targets under the Kyoto Protocol beginning in 2013, he said.