SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Leaders of 16 Asian countries, including top polluters China and Japan, agreed to a vague pact on climate change on Wednesday, as they tried to put aside discord over Myanmar’s suppression of democracy protests.
In the declaration signed in Singapore, leaders of the East Asia Summit (EAS) committed to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the long run.
The pact will serve as a basis for climate negotiations at a major U.N. meeting next month in Bali, but it contains no fixed targets on cutting emissions or even limiting their growth by a specific date, after objections from poorer Asian countries.
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