![]() Industrialised countries spent some 326 million euros last year buying such offsets from former communist countries, under Kyoto's Joint Implementation (JI) scheme. Under Kyoto, industrialised countries which are missing their emissions goals can pay for cuts elsewhere - if that is cheaper - getting carbon offsets in return. Asked if Russia would resist capping the use of fossil fuels, which emit the planet-warming gas carbon dioxide when burned, under a new climate deal after 2012, he said:"In the foreseeable future, this will not be our model, no." He pointed out that the United States had also declined to impose emissions caps.īut Russia welcomed investment from other industrialised countries to help it clean up its energy and industry, saying in this way it could prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. We don't think this would be right," he said, referring to the current round of Kyoto. "We don't plan to limit the use of fuel for our industries. demands lots of energy and it is our job to ensure comfortable supply," he said. "Energy must not be a barrier to our comfort. But former communist countries are well within their emissions targets, which are compared to 1990 levels, because their industries and carbon emissions subsequently collapsed after they struggled to adapt to free markets.Īs a top energy producer and consumer, Russia welcomed the fact that Kyoto had not limited its carbon emissions and expected the same of any future climate deal, said Vsevolod Gavrilov, the official in charge of Russia's Kyoto obligations. Kyoto puts a cap on the average, annual greenhouse gas emissions from 2008-12 for some 37 industrialised countries, including Russia. Russia will not accept binding caps on its greenhouse gas emissions under a new climate regime, currently being negotiated to succeed the Kyoto Protocol after 2012, top officials said on Monday. So put that in your pipe and smoke it! There's no way you could lean on THEM! But it was too late to get out and I was hit by the wall.RUSSIA SAYS IT HAS NO PLANS TO CAP CARBON EMISSIONS "I saw my friends running to escape from the building. Hasan, a construction worker who, like many Indonesians uses one name, was also one of the survivors who was taken to the hospital. "I really hope they can handle me soon," he said. He was waiting near a tent outside the hospital after some overwhelmed clinics were unable to see him. My leg was hit by heavy stuff," Sarmadi said. The building was not damaged, but as the quake shook very strongly, many things fell. "I was working inside my office building. Outside the Cianjur Regional Hospital, hundreds waited for treatment. Kamil said that more than 13,000 people whose homes were heavily damaged were taken to evacuation centers. Known for their piety, the people of Cianjur live mostly in towns of one- and two-story buildings and in smaller homes in the surrounding countryside. Roughly 175,000 people live in Cianjur, part of a mountainous district of the same name with more than 2.5 million people. ![]() ![]() He pledged to rebuild infrastructure, including the main bridge connecting Cianjur to other cities, and to provide the government assistance up to 50 million rupiah ($3,180) to each resident whose house was damaged. "On behalf of myself and on behalf of the government, I would like to express my deep condolences to the victims and their families in this Cianjur earthquake," he said after visiting survivors in shelters on a soccer field. President Joko Widodo on Tuesday visited Cianjur to reassure people of the government's response in reaching those in need. "Buildings were completely flattened," said Dwi Sarmadi, who works for an Islamic educational foundation in a neighboring district. Still, thousands spent the night in the open fearing aftershocks. Cargo trucks carrying food, tents, blankets and other supplies from Jakarta were arriving early Tuesday in temporary shelters.
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