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第41篇 Australian prime minister(首相) John Howard, the chairman of the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation(合作) meeting in Sydney, has placed climate change at the top of the agenda. Mr. Howard says he hopes to use the APEC leaders conference on September 8 and9 to create a new approach to fighting global warming, one that avoids setting pollution emission (散发; 排放) targets. Australia and the United States are the only developed nations that have refused to carry out the Kyoto Protocol. More than 160 countries have agreed to try to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) and five other greenhouse gases thought to contribute to global warming. However, only 36 developed countries are required to cut emissions. Developing nations, including China, India and Brazil do not have to make compulsory cuts. Emmy Hafidz, the Southeast Asia director of the international environmental organization Greenpeace, says Mr. Howards proposal is unlikely to go far enough to solve the problem Its kind of ridiculous. They are saying that they realize that climate change is coming, but I think the two countries - Australia and the United States - still do not want to -acknowledge their mistakes, not putting in force the Kyoto Protocol, Hafidz said Its a double standard(双重标准). They want to talk about it, but they dont want to do anything [about] their own country. And its very unacceptable. I think.” John McKay, the director of the Australian APEC Study Center at Monash University in Melbourne, says another topic high up on the list for discussion will be the Doha round of talks under the World Trade Organization, or WTO. The WTOs Doha development round is aimed at cutting trade barriers to help developing nations gain more benefit from expanding global trade. 第41篇 澳大利亚首相(prime minister)约翰·霍华德，兼悉尼亚太经合组织(APEC)领导人非正式会议主席，将气候变化放在日程(agenda)的首要位置。 霍华德先生说他希望利用9月8-9号的APEC领导人会议创造一种新的方法(approach)来抵御全球变暖问题，一种可避免设置污染排放目标(target)的方法。 澳大利亚和美国是仅有的两个拒绝执行《京都协议》的发达国家。超过160多个国家同意努力减少二氧化碳(carbon