Australia's Copenhagen warning, aims at compromiseAustralia on Monday said crunch climate change talks in December would fail if a "one size fits all" approach was adopted, instead suggesting a compromise deal aimed at developing nations. Climate Change Minister Penny Wong Penelope Ying-yen "Penny" Wong (Chinese: 黃英賢; Pinyin: Huáng Yīngxián, born November 5, 1968), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian said that under the scheme, developing countries would agree to binding goals in areas such as deforestation deforestation Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. or renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. , rather than signing up to economy-wide emissions targets. Ahead of December's UN-sponsored talks in Copenhagen, Wong said flexibility was needed to break the deadlock between developed and developing nations. "A one-size-fits-all is not going to get the agreement we need," she told public broadcaster ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. from Washington, where she presented the compromise proposal to a meeting last week of the world's 17 biggest carbon polluters. "We simply won't get the broad participation from major developing economies that the climate needs." The Australian compromise seeks to find a formula acceptable to developing nations, who argue their economic advancement should not be hobbled to fix a climate problem largely created by rich countries. Wong said participants in the US talks, which move to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of this week, had shown interest in her proposal. "It's certainly been one of the issues that's been the subject and focus of discussion as one of the ways forward," she said. Local media said US climate change envoy Todd Stern had described it as "useful" and "constructive". Prime Minister Kevin Rudd  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. said time was running out to find a compromise before Copenhagen and he hoped this week's G20 summit in Pittsburgh could advance the talks.
"There's a danger, speaking absolutely frankly, that options for final decision in Copenhagen are left too late, because we are now I think less than 80 days away from Copenhagen," he told reporters in New York. "There are big questions and big decisions to be made on targets for developed countries, on verifiable commitments for developing countries, about bringing down greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas emissions." Australia has pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent of 2000 levels by 2020 if a comprehensive agreement is reached in Copenhagen. 
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