Turkey moves closer to Kyoto

Turkey to take 'important steps' on Kyoto Protocol
Monday, May 26, 2008

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol are the most effective tools for sustainable development and Turkey is getting ready to assume its responsibilities as a party to the U.N. convention, said President Abdullah Gül Saturday.

Speaking at the annual conference of the World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, held in the Aegean resort town of Bodrum, Gül said developing countries should do their best on the way to sustainable development and take lessons from industrialized countries. “Industrialized countries should take developing countries' concerns and expectations into account,” he added.

“It is the common responsibility of all countries to act rapidly and resolutely against global threats such as global warming and climate change,” Gül said, adding the conference of the WWF would yield favorable results on global climate change, the most vital social and economic problem.

WWF, which has more than six million supporters in over 100 countries, has been holding its annual conferences in different countries every year to set international priorities and approaches to wildlife protection. More than 200 chairpersons and high-level officials of WWF from 56 countries discussed global climate change at this year's meeting in Bodrum.

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