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Hatoyama assures U.N. chief Japan to continue leading climate talks+
TOKYO, Jan. 12 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama assured U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon Tuesday that Japan would continue to lead international negotiations toward adopting a new legal framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the Foreign Ministry said.
Hatoyama and Ban held telephone conversations for about 20 minutes on Tuesday
morning as per request by the U.N. secretary general, according to the
ministry.
Ban sought Japan's support toward the Copenhagen Accord adopted by leaders from
some 20 major nations at a key U.N. climate change conference last December,
saying demonstrating a political will to back the accord would help move
forward the climate change negotiations, the ministry said.
In response, Hatoyama told Ban that Japan will continue to take leadership in
the international negotiations toward adopting a fresh legal framework from
2013 aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and that the country is also
ready to step up its efforts to encourage other nations to support the accord.
In the Danish capital Copenhagen in December, the leaders of 26 major developed
and developing nations such as the United States and China struck a political
accord, committing themselves to nonbinding greenhouse gas emission targets and
actions to mitigate climate change.
But the accord failed to gain broader support from other participants at the
summit's plenary session due to opposition from many developing nations.
The Copenhagen Accord calls for ''deep cuts'' in greenhouse gas emissions to
hold the increase in global temperatures to less than 2 C above the
pre-Industrial Revolution level, and also for a collective commitment by
developed counties in helping developing countries mitigate climate change.
In their talks, Ban also called on Hatoyama to support a high-level panel
concerning climate change, which the U.N. secretary general plans to establish,
and Hatoyama responded that Japan is ready to contribute to the panel,
according to the ministry.
==Kyodo
Hatoyama and Ban held telephone conversations for about 20 minutes on Tuesday
morning as per request by the U.N. secretary general, according to the
ministry.
Ban sought Japan's support toward the Copenhagen Accord adopted by leaders from
some 20 major nations at a key U.N. climate change conference last December,
saying demonstrating a political will to back the accord would help move
forward the climate change negotiations, the ministry said.
In response, Hatoyama told Ban that Japan will continue to take leadership in
the international negotiations toward adopting a fresh legal framework from
2013 aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and that the country is also
ready to step up its efforts to encourage other nations to support the accord.
In the Danish capital Copenhagen in December, the leaders of 26 major developed
and developing nations such as the United States and China struck a political
accord, committing themselves to nonbinding greenhouse gas emission targets and
actions to mitigate climate change.
But the accord failed to gain broader support from other participants at the
summit's plenary session due to opposition from many developing nations.
The Copenhagen Accord calls for ''deep cuts'' in greenhouse gas emissions to
hold the increase in global temperatures to less than 2 C above the
pre-Industrial Revolution level, and also for a collective commitment by
developed counties in helping developing countries mitigate climate change.
In their talks, Ban also called on Hatoyama to support a high-level panel
concerning climate change, which the U.N. secretary general plans to establish,
and Hatoyama responded that Japan is ready to contribute to the panel,
according to the ministry.
==Kyodo
