Hague summit aims for clear policies on global warmingGovernment officials and environmental experts and campaigners gathered in The Hague today (13 November) for two weeks of talks to try to formulate clear policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions.The cuts were agreed in Kyoto three years ago but only 30 countries have ratified the proposals and no major industrial country has yet accepted the targets. These talks in the Dutch capital are aimed at making real progress towards the Kyoto Protocol. About 180 countries were expected to take part in the talks in addition to thousands of environmental and industry pressure groups. Convention executive secretary Michael Zammit Cutajar but he added: ‘The Hague conference is a make-or-break opportunity for climate change treaties.’ Many recent weather disasters, such as the flooding in the United Kingdom
and Italy, are being attributed to global warming.
EUbusiness, 13th November 2000
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