media advisory
friends of the earth international
thursday 7 july 2005
developing countries leave bush high and
dry on climate change
Gleneagles, Scotland, July 7, 2005 --
Friends of the Earth International today
congratulated the leaders of five big
developing countries for urging the G8
nations to follow the Kyoto Protocol as the
way forward for taking action on climate
change. The statement came as the final G8
agreement was delayed.
In their statement, the leaders of Brazil,
China, India, Mexico and South Africa, known
as G5, state that climate change "has, and
for the foreseeable future will continue to
have a profound impact on the development
prospects of our societies".
They add that as specified under the Kyoto
Protocol, "developed countries should
therefore take the lead in international
action to combat climate change by fully
implementing their obligations of reducing
emissions and of providing additional
financing and the transfer of cleaner,
low-emission and cost-effective technologies
to developing countries."
Friends of the Earth International
welcomed the G5 commitment to develop low
carbon economies and the call on the
Gleneagles Summit to recognise that the UN's
Climate Change Convention "establishes
economic and social development and poverty
eradication as the first and overriding
priorities of developing countries".
Friends of the Earth International Vice
Chair Tony Juniper said:
"The big developing countries have shown
that there is only one world leader in
Gleneagles this week who thinks that the
Kyoto Protocol is the wrong way forward, and
that is President Bush."
The "Joint Declaration of the Heads of
State of State and Government" of the G5 was
released on July 7, 2005.
For more information contact in
Gleneagles:
Catherine Pearce, International Climate
campaigner, + 44 (0) 7811 283641 (m)
Tony Juniper, vice chair Friends of the
Earth International, + 44 (0) 7712 843 207
(m)
Helen Burley, Press Officer, + 44 (0) 7778
069 930 (m)
Niccolo Sarno, Press Officer, Friends of
the Earth International(5 -8 July)
+31-6-51005630 (m)
Lang Banks, Press Officer, 0131 554 9977/
+ 44 (0) 7813 766759 (m)
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