ASEAN nations pledge to support Bali climate change conference

In Singapore, ASEAN members signed a declaration at the ASEAN climate change conference in which the 10 member nations pledged to support the UN climate change in Bali In December. The declaration also pledged the members to work cooperatively to promote the use of renewable and alternative sources of energy including solar, wind, hydro and biofuels.

Meetings continue among many groups as nations prepare for Bali. The IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) group met last month with Bali on the agenda, while a recent two-day conference of the 17 “Heavy Smoker” major polluting nations ended with disappointment over President George Bush’s call for voluntary emission targets set by each individual country. The British climate envoy called the US “isolated” and the South African Environment Minister said “the US needs to go back to the drawing board”.

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