APEC leaders back delaying climate deal

China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-16 07:41

APEC leaders pose on Saturday in Singapore. (From left) Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare, Chinese Taipei's former "vice-president" Lien Chan, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, US President Barack Obama, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, China's President Hu Jintao, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Peru's President Alan Garcia, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang. AFP

SINGAPORE: Leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) said yesterday that they are committed to work towards an "ambitious" outcome on an upcoming major UN climate change conference but leaders dropped a specific target to cut greenhouse gas emission in a joint declaration issued before the group's two-day summit concluded.