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The Union of Concerned Scientists has representation at the Bali conference on Global Warming. Alden Meyer, Strategy and Policy Director is posting on the UCS blog.

There’s a lot of buzz about the new government in Australia—whose election victory last week was in large part due to the previous government’s opposition to the Kyoto Protocol. The new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has already announced that Australia will ratify Kyoto, leaving the United States as the sole industrialized country not to do so. Prime Minister Rudd is coming to Bali next week to convey the about-face in Australia’s climate policy in person.

… we wrote today’s cover story for ECO, a daily newsletter, about a surprising statement made by the Japanese delegation at yesterday’s meeting.

Japan said it was time to move “beyond” the Kyoto Protocol, with its mandatory emissions reduction targets for industrialized countries. Many country and organization representatives were quite taken aback by Japan’s statement, especially given the fact that Japan hosted the Kyoto meeting that produced the landmark agreement.

UCS Blog in Bali