China, Japan Clash With EU Over Aviation CO2 Curbs at Summit

European Union plans to impose curbs on carbon-dioxide emissions by international airlines as of 2012 drew fire from countries including China, Venezuela and Japan, marking a new stumbling block at the climate summit this week.
The EU measure is against international civil aviation rules, Su Wei, China's lead envoy, said in an interview during the United Nations talks in Durban, South Africa. Japan called the European law unacceptable, echoing concerns voiced this year by the United States, India and Russia, and highlighting the challenge of forging a global framework to cut greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
“You can't take unilateral measures to solve a multilateral issue,” Su Wei told reporters. “It has some impact on the discussions here in Durban.”
The criticism boosts pressure on the 27-nation bloc, which wants to lead the worldwide fight against climate change, to scale down its ambitions and emphasizes the divide between EU aims and policies that governments outside Europe may be able to accept to keep the increase in global temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. Exceeding that ceiling will cause more intense heat waves, floods and storms, a United Nations scientific panel on climate change has said.
30/11/11 Bloomberg/Businessweek

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