Australian prime minister confident of Kyoto progress

Australia’s prime minister Kevin Rudd says the country is on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas emission target.

Australia’s commitments under the United Nation’s climate change treaty started today and Mr Rudd told parliament that Australia is on track to meet its target curbing carbon emissions by 2010.

He said: “From today, Australia officially becomes part of the global solution on climate change, not just part of the global problem because from today, Australia’s ratification of Kyoto enters into force.”