BEIJING (Reuters)-Canada’s failure to deny reports that about to ditch Kyoto Protocol is “set a bad example” to other advanced countries as the global climate change talks enter third day, the official Chinese news agency said on Wednesday. “
Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday that Kyoto “the past”, but he would not confirm media reports that Ottawa was planning to officially withdraw from the Treaty, one of the main topics of the global climate talks now under way in Durban, South Africa.
Canada says it backs a new global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but insisted it had to encompass all Nations, including China and India, which is not bound by the current target Kyoto’s.
Comments published by the Xinhua News Agency accused Canada undermines global efforts against climate change and damage the reputation of himself in pursuit of short-term interests.
“While the delegation from each country attend the Durban Conference to discuss climate commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, the second one can imagine the damage done by ‘ rumors ‘,” Xinhua said.