Key points of the APEC Sydney Declaration on climate change, energy security and clean development, adopted by the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) leaders:
* work towards long-term aspirational goal for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions after the Kyoto protocol expires in 2012;
* all countries to contribute but developing nations should not be expected to bear the same responsibility as richer countries;
* aspirational goal to reduce energy intensity (energy use compared to a country's gross domestic product) by at least 25 per cent by 2030;
* more investment in new technologies to make fossil fuels like coal cleaner;
* "stop, slow and then reverse" program to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere;
* aspirational goal to increase forest cover across APEC region by at least 20 million hectares by 2020;
* public-private sector seminar early next year to look at ways to cut aircraft emissions.
"We agree to work to achieve a common understanding on a long-term aspirational global emissions reduction goal to pave the way for an effective post-2012 international arrangement." - key quote from declaration.
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