 The costs of cutting greenhouse gases and who will pay for it are likely to be the key issues at a major climate change meeting of scientists and diplomats in the Thai capital this week, participants said Sunday. Some of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters like the United States and Australia and top oil exporters such as Saudi Arabia will try to water down language in a draft report, obtained by The Associated Press earlier this month, that suggests reducing emissions could cost less than 3% of annual global economic activity, environmental activists said. Much can be done in the near future to cut greenhouse gas emissions, such as investing in energy efficiency and reforming the agriculture sector, the head of world's top climate change agency — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — said Sunday. "I think there are a lot of things doable in the short term," R.K. Pachauri told AP. "Whether the world agrees will depend on what they see as cost of ...
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