Climate change surfaces on Bush-Hu agenda

Climate change does not often come up in conversation between President George W. Bush and other world leaders, but the visit of China’s President Hu Jintao this week is thought to have been an exception.

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More than 300 representatives from the six nations involved in the Asia-Pacific group are meeting in Berkeley, California, this week to discuss policies and the implementation of the partnership. These are likely to include measures to encourage private-sector investment into more environmentally sound techniques for power generation, renewable energy, coal mining, and into industries such as aluminium, cement and steel.

Financial Times