A summit of Central American and Caribbean nations on climate change issued a declaration as a regional strategy on tackling this global issue Wednesday, reports reaching here aid.
At the one-day summit in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, leaders and officials from the region agreed to make contributions according to the capability and condition of each nation in reducing greenhouse gas emission.
All participating countries also agreed to give priority to climate change in their national development plan and incorporate relevant measures into institutional plans at both strategic and operative levels, said the San Pedro Sula Declaration.
"The San Pedro Sula Declaration forms the base for effectively reducing the impact of this global phenomenon," said the declaration signed by Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Salvador.
In an opening speech of the summit, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said major polluters in the planet should pay for their damage and plead for an "environmental justice."
Zelaya also called on the most industrialized countries, such as the United Sates and Australia, to adhere to the Kyoto Protocol, which requires 37 industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 5 percent below the 1990 levels by 2012.
"Countries demand that it be obligatory," he said.
Government officials and representatives of 15 members of the Caribbean Community also attended the summit.
Source:Xinhua
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