Japan under fire over Kyoto deadlock but senior negotiator says country will stand firm
A senior Japanese negotiator today said that it had come under intense diplomatic pressure to soften its stance at the UN climate talks in Cancún and admitted that it was causing a "big problem" for the negotiations.
But he repeated the country's position that it would not compromise on its refusal to sign up to a second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol – the international treaty that legally binds rich countries to cut emissions.
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