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...roots. "The history of Japan in modern times," says Kazuo Ogoura, president of the Japan Foundation, "is to have achieved advanced economic progress and democratic maturity without having abandoned cultural identity and traditions." Environmental protection is another cherished value in a country that is home to the Kyoto Protocol. "The leaders of Japanese industry are aware that climate change is an important issue, so they are very focused on energy efficiency," says Takashi Hongo, a special adviser to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, which provides financing for poorer nations. "We can help developing countries enjoy the good life...
Obama's green promise also sent an unvarnished signal to some of the most influential climate negotiators in the world - including representatives for China and Indonesia, who will be vital in completing a new Kyoto Protocol - that he intends to fight climate change head-on. And his statement may well buoy the flagging global momentum on climate change. The European Union, which has long led the world in aggressively addressing global warming, has lately gotten cold feet about its own ambitious carbon targets, with poorer members like Poland arguing that such goals are unaffordable in a depressed global economy...
...been elected, but representatives from President George W. Bush's Administration will still be in charge - thus the real focus will be on next year's summit, in Copenhagen, when Obama will hold the reins and the world will face its self-imposed deadline to pass a new Kyoto Protocol. Green activists hope that Obama's plans for a national carbon cap will help break the logjam that has kept global climate talks largely frozen for years, including the debate over whether the U.S. or developing countries should move first. Bush has argued that a global climate deal is meaningless...
...fast food? No, I don't. That was one of the rules of the study - that you may not eat anything you buy for the study. But that's just scientific protocol. You have to be professional...
...That presented the Obama team with a second dilemma. Poland is an important ally, with more than 1,000 troops in Afghanistan. On the other hand, Kaczynski broke protocol by releasing details of the private call. What's more, aides say, he mischaracterized what Obama had said...