Australia said Friday it hasn't set a date for hosting an inaugural U.S.-backed summit aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, AP reported. The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Energy Development _ which also includes China, Japan, India, South Korea and Australia _ was launched in July to develop technologies to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases believed to be warming Earth's atmosphere. It was touted as a more effective solution to global warming than the Kyoto Protocol. The inaugural ministerial meeting of the cleaner energy partnership was scheduled to be held in the city of Adelaide in November, but Environment Minister Ian Campbell said Friday that no date had been set. «The particular date will be announced as soon as we've got that date,» Campbell told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.
