Abe plans to present his idea at the Group of Eight Summit in Germany in June.

"Global warming is an issue that should be addressed by the entire world," Abe said at a banquet in Tokyo. "It is indispensable to establish a new framework in which both industrialized and developing countries address this issue together."

Abe argued that a successor to Kyoto, which expires in 2012, needs to be much broader to have an impact on climate change.

The Japan Times Weekly: June 2, 2007
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