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US joins India, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea in energy pact2005-07-28 Washington, July 28 (PTI) The Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate between six nations, including India and the US, will work toward pollution reduction and addressing concerns over climate change in the region which accounts for almost half of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, US President George W Bush has said.India, the United States, Australia, Japan, China and South Korea have joined hands "to develop and accelerate deployment of cleaner, more efficient energy technologies to meet national pollution reduction, energy security, and climate change concerns in ways that reduce poverty and promote economic development," Bush said in a statement. The President said he has directed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Energy Secretary Sam Bodman to meet with their counterparts to provide direction in this regard. The alliance will focus on measures by the six countries, which account for more than 40 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, to create investment opportunities, build local capacity, and remove barriers in the way of clean and efficient technologies, the presidential statement said. The partnership will help each country meet nationally designed strategies for improving energy security, reducing pollution, and addressing the long-term challenge of climate change, it claimed. The pact will focus on energy efficiency, methane capture and use, rural energy systems, clean coal, civilian nuclear power, advanced transportation, liquefied natural gas, bioenergy, agriculture/forestry, and hydel, wind and solar power. Sponsored Links
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