INDONESIA: SBY prepares for Bali climate change conference

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Updated November 21, 2007 20:51:34

World leaders will descend on Bali in just a few weeks to hammer out the frameowrk for a new agreement on climate change. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wants to psoition Indonesia as a leading force among developing nations in the bid to cut emissions. Indonesia has invited the world's finance inisters to meet in Bali to to discuss other market mechanisms to encourage emission cuts.

Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Indonesian World Bank spokesman, Tim Brown; Indonesian Environment spokeswoman Amanda Katili

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