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friday 8 june 2001
eu to ratify kyto without us?
Friends of the Earth International today
gave a cautious welcome to today's commitment
from European environment ministers to build
the "broadest possible" coalition to save the
Kyoto climate Protocol. The EU must now
clearly state that it will ratify the
agreement without the US.
Kate Hampton, Friends of the Earth
International's Climate Change Co-ordinator
said:
"The stage is now set for European heads of
governments to reject President Bush's bogus
climate plan in Gothenburg and get on with
the business of securing environmentally
sound rules to implement the Kyoto treaty on
climate change. Bush is in a corner - the
whole world is telling him he is wrong,
including some of his own cabinet and eminent
American scientists. He is desperately trying
to manage expectations about next week's
public relations exercise but the world is no
longer listening."
President Bush is expected to make a
statement about his climate plans on Monday.
The speech may not spell out the
administration's climate proposals in detail
but is expected to refer to the introduction
of voluntary targets combined with emissions
trading and greater use of carbon sinks and
nuclear power. Bush arrives in Spain on
Monday and travels to Brussels before
reaching Gothenburg for meetings with EU
heads of government on Thursday.
Kate Hampton will be in Gothenburg during
President Bush's visit.
Kate Hampton 020 7566 1723 +44 774 896
7323
Press Office 020 7566 1649 (dir)
http://www.foe.co.uk
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