Asia signs ‘green region’ pact

ENVIROMENT: Asia signs ‘green region’ pact Leaders of 16 Asian nations including China and India signed an environmental pact, pledging action on climate change and forest cover, and promoting the use of nuclear energy. The East Asia Summit members threw their support behind a UN plan as the ‘core mechanism’ for tackling global warming. They committed to work harder to develop alternative energy sources and cleaner fossil-fuel technologies, and to improve energy efficiency and conservation. The East Asia Summit, which embraces the 10-nation ASEAN bloc plus Australia, China, India,............................... full news at: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C11%5C26%5Cstory_26-11-2007_pg6_20