Nations join hands on climate change

SINGAPORE: China is ready to join East Asian nations in addressing climate change and promoting clean and sustainable development in the region, Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday.

He made the pledge in a keynote speech at the 3rd East Asia Summit in the city state.

Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its dialogue countries - China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand - adopted a declaration on climate change, energy and the environment at the end of their meeting