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Nature 449, 115-116 (13 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449115b; Published online 12 September 2007

Meeting obligations

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Climate change should take ever-increasing priority in the Asia-Pacific region.

Gatherings of world leaders are never easy events, and last week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Sydney, Australia, was no exception. The United States and South Korea, for example, shared some awkward moments over whether the Korean War should officially be declared over; and environmental activists complained that not enough was done to advance one of the meeting's key issues: climate change.