activists dismissed as ineffective the program adopted by the presidents of the United States, China, Russia and leaders of other Asia-Pacific economies

But it sets a precedent because it applies to all of the group's mix of rich and developing members, and could influence upcoming U.N. negotiations on climate change.

to devise a successor to the U.N.-backed Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012.

a goal to reduce "energy intensity" — the amount of energy needed to produce a dollar of gross domestic product — 25 percent by 2030.

The only other concrete goal was to increase forest cover in the region by at least 50 million acres by 2020 — enough to absorb about 11 percent of the greenhouse gases the world emitted in 2004

The energy intensity target sets a rate that most economies are naturally meeting as they get richer and shift out of power-intensive manufacturing

At APEC, developing countries got richer members to reaffirm that they should bear most of the costs in solving global warming.