At the closing of the two-day informal ministerial climate change meeting at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, environment ministers from 36 countries agreed to finalize a new green policy in 2009.
The commitment states that rich countries will take the lead in reducing greenhouse gas emissions beyond the expiry date of the Kyoto Protocol, the global agreement on efforts to curb pollution, which expires in 2012.
Participants in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) praised the ""Bali road map proposal"", prepared for the global talks on climate change in December. The main agenda for the Bali talks is to begin to formulate a new deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
""I am very optimistic that what we will try to achieve in Bali will be done,"" said the host, Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesian state minister for the environment and also incoming president-designate of the UNFCCC, which is also hosting the Bali talks.
""Delegations have a common interest in developing a stronger commitment after 2012,"" Rachmat said.
He said that even the United States and Australia responded positively to the paper's discussion.
""They are very open and committed to joining discussions on a long-term commitment beyond 2012,"" he said.
The UNFCCC executive secretary general, Yvo de Boer, said the U.S. ""came to the meeting with a very constructive position, they want to see a launch of negotiations to be concluded by 2009.""
In his earlier address to the meeting, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for developed nations to meet their commitments to cut emissions levels, while he said that given their circumstances, emissions cuts by developing countries should be made on a voluntary basis.
In the September meeting of the Asia Pacific Cooperation Forum in Sydney, Australia raised proposals to reach an agreement for voluntary achievements of emissions cuts for both developed and developing countries, which met with opposition from most countries, including Indonesia.
The seven-page paper presented by Rachmat as the incoming UNFCCC chief, however, did not attempt to propose a target percentage for emissions reductions after 2012.
""The future policy framework needs to define national emissions goals for industrialized countries for the period post-2012,"" including for those who have not ratified the protocol, the paper states.
The Kyoto Protocol requires industrial nations to cut emissions levels by at least 5 percent below their 1990 levels, although neither Australia nor the U.S. have ratified the protocol. Beyond 2012 parties to the Protocol have agreed to cut their levels by 25 percent to 40 percent.
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