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Merkel: China, India, Brazil must cut CO2 emissions

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 23, 2011 15:41

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday large emitters of greenhouse gases among rapidly-growing economies such as China, India and Brazil must agree to cut their emissions.

Merkel said in parliament: "Worldwide CO2 emissions this year were higher than ever. We are in an extremely difficult situation where the Kyoto Protocol expires, we have not got far and an extension of the protocol will unfortunately not happen in Durban.

Negotiators from almost 200 countries meet from November 28 in South Africa for a UN climate summit, where only modest steps are expected towards cutting greenhouse gas emissions despite warnings from scientists that extreme weather will likely increase as the planet warms.

The Kyoto Protocol, the UN plan obliging some 40 industrialized nations to cut emissions, expires next year. Rich nations are reluctant to target major emission cuts beyond 2012 without commitments from big developing economies to curb theirs. The latter want to see deeper cuts from wealthy nations.

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