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World leaders and government ministers are deliberating in Bali over the final text of a UN climate declaration. The document calls on rich nations to reduce their emissions by 25 to 40 per cent by 2020. But Japan, Australia, Canada and the US have been accused of stalling by refusing to agree to cut short term emissions.

Presenter - Natasha Simpson
Speaker - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia president; Kevin Rudd, Australia prime minister; Yvo de Boer, United Nation's top climate change official.

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Ten years after the Kyoto Protocol was set up and two years after it came into force, Australia has finally joined the Kyoto club. The new Labor government is now under pressure to act quickly in other climate policy areas. A new report to be unveiled today at the UN sponsored talks in Bali suggests Australia and other rich nations should be doing more.

Presenter - Sarah Clarke
Speaker - Tim Costello, chief executive, World Vision Australia; Howard Bamsey, member of Australian delegation in Bali; Oxfam's climate policy advisor Charlotte Sterrett, Indonesian environment minister Rachmat Witoelar

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Within hours of being sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has moved to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Chief executive of the Clean Energy Council, Dominique La Fontaine, speaks to Lateline Business from the Bali climate change conference.

Presenter - Ali Moore
Speaker - Dominique La Fontaine

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The new Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he's getting advice from the public service on how quickly Australia can ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Mr Rudd says the ratification will be one of the first breaks with the international policy of the Coalition government he defeated in Saturday's election.

Presenter - Graeme Dobell
Speaker - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Ruddl; Dr Robert Ayson of Canberra's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre