Central America,
Caribbean Join To Tackle
Climate Change
A summit of Central
American and Caribbean
nations on climate
change issued a
declaration as a
regional strategy on
tackling this global
issue Wednesday, reports
reaching here aid.
At the one-day summit in
San Pedro Sula,
Honduras, leaders and
officials from the
region agreed to make
contributions according
to the capability and
condition of each nation
in reducing greenhouse
gas emission.
All participating
countries also agreed to
give priority to climate
change in their national
development plan and
incorporate relevant
measures into
institutional plans at
both strategic and
operative levels, said
the San Pedro Sula
Declaration.
"The San Pedro Sula
Declaration forms the
base for effectively
reducing the impact of
this global phenomenon,"
said the declaration
signed by Belize, Costa
Rica, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, Panama
and El Salvador.
In an opening speech of
the summit, Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya
said major polluters in
the planet should pay
for their damage and
plead for an
"environmental justice."
Zelaya also called on
the most industrialized
countries, such as the
United Sates and
Australia, to adhere to
the Kyoto Protocol,
which requires 37
industrialized nations
to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by an average
of 5 percent below the
1990 levels by 2012.
"Countries demand that
it be obligatory," he
said.
Government officials and
representatives of 15
members of the Caribbean
Community also attended
the summit.
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