Fed: Activists say Kevin Rudd must be held accountable

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2009
Fed: Activists say Kevin Rudd must be held accountable

Conservationist group Friends of the Earth say leaders of developed nations must be
held accountable for failing to negotiate a global binding climate change pact at Copenhagen.

Wealthy and key developing nations agreed yesterday to limit global warming to two
degrees celsius and also proposed a joint fund of more than 110 billion dollars a year
for poor and vulnerable countries to deal with climate change.

But the deal is yet to win unanimous support .. particularly from many of the small
island nation's most at risk of climate change.

The Melbourne-based group says Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD contributed to what they say
is a failed deal .. and are demanding rich countries .. including Australia .. stop holding
the rest of the world hostage.

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