Rudd backs deep 2020 emissions cuts


	Rudd backs deep 2020 emissions cuts

Wadard

12-5-2007 9:12 AM

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global warming

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During the election campaign, Kevin Rudd has repeatedly said that Australia would not set its own 2020 target until he received a report from economist Ross Garnaut next year. But when he arrives in Bali next week he will face international expectations from Europe, China and Indonesia to make Australia's position clear whether, having ratified the Kyoto Protocol, it is committed to its own deep cuts:

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