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Climate Change

Asked what the Prime Minister would be saying to the President about climate change and Americas stance on that, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister would say that we believe there was a growing chance of involving India and China in a genuine international consensus about how to deal with climate change. The consensus it was hoped, would be reflected at the G8, a consensus had to be found. The Prime Minister believed it was very good that there had been that Europe had agreed a consensus on climate change but that would not work unless there was global agreement. That is what the Prime Minister was working towards for the G8.

Asked if the Prime Minister shared the view of the Deputy Prime Minister, expressed at the John Smith Institute speech, that it was wrong for America to seek parity with China because of the difference in population, the PMOS said in terms of recognising that there were differences between developing countries and developed countries, that was simply a fact. Equally part of what was agreed at Gleneagles was the process of transferring clean energy technology from the developed world to the developing world. You could not have the situation where America is on one track and India and China are on another track. China has to be part of the solution as it is building one new power station a week, not necessarily with green technology. Put to the PMOS that the Deputy Prime Minister had said that America, not China was the problem, the PMOS said that China was developing at such a rate that it would very quickly be part of the problem, no one was immune from being part of the problem. What did not work was the suggestion that economies should be closed down worldwide or the development of new technologies to stop.

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