APEC Forges Deal on Climate Change

September 9, 2007 By CHARLES HUTZLER, Associated Press Writer APEC Forges Deal on Climate Change (AP)

President Bush, right, shakes hands with Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

(AP) -- Pacific Rim leaders agreed Saturday to curb global warming by improving energy use and expanding forests, laying out a plan they hope will influence future climate change talks but that critics dismissed as too timid.

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