Malaysia Criticises APEC Agenda....and rightly so
August 31st 2007 02:52
According to Reuters* Malaysian Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz CLICK HERE FOR LINKhas criticised the APEC Climate Change agenda stating that ourselves and the US don't have the credentials to host such discussions given we haven't signed the Kyoto agreement.....this could hurt aearances if it gains momentum......and
I think she may have a point.
She states if we want to talk about climate Change we should do so at the UN Forum in December with the rest of the world. I guess from an outsiders point of view it looks like we are simply trying to push our own agenda onto the rest of the Asian community and blatantly disregard the Global Kyoto agreement. It will be interesting to see how far discussions progress or if other Asian leaders follow the lead of this bold approach and stick it to John Howard and George Bush.
Rightly or wrongly we are not part of Kyoto therefore cannot be a leader in the Global Climate Change debate. Johnny might be better off eating some humble pie and asking another Asian leader who is part of Kyoto to head the Climate change debate and draw up the agenda. That would be if he really cares about Climate Change and having a constructive debate in the APEC forum. It would be easy for a cynic to think he may just want Climate Change headlines and doesn't really care for an outcome. It could be very easy for that same cynic to think Johnny thinks the 86% of us who care about Climate Change won't read the fine print re discussions and be won over by a few headlines.
cheers Louie
* (so wish it was AAP Rooters)
I think she may have a point.
She states if we want to talk about climate Change we should do so at the UN Forum in December with the rest of the world. I guess from an outsiders point of view it looks like we are simply trying to push our own agenda onto the rest of the Asian community and blatantly disregard the Global Kyoto agreement. It will be interesting to see how far discussions progress or if other Asian leaders follow the lead of this bold approach and stick it to John Howard and George Bush.
Rightly or wrongly we are not part of Kyoto therefore cannot be a leader in the Global Climate Change debate. Johnny might be better off eating some humble pie and asking another Asian leader who is part of Kyoto to head the Climate change debate and draw up the agenda. That would be if he really cares about Climate Change and having a constructive debate in the APEC forum. It would be easy for a cynic to think he may just want Climate Change headlines and doesn't really care for an outcome. It could be very easy for that same cynic to think Johnny thinks the 86% of us who care about Climate Change won't read the fine print re discussions and be won over by a few headlines.
cheers Louie
* (so wish it was AAP Rooters)
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