G-8 sets goal to cut greenhouse emissions in half
Published July 8, 2008 by CSBJ Staff
RUSUTSU, Japan (A.P.) – World leaders today endorsed cutting the world’s emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets.
The Group of Eight leading industrial nations – the United States, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Canada and Italy – also called on all major economies to join together to stem the potentially dangerous rise in world temperatures.
The G-8 has been under pressure to secure commitments by wealthy nations to push forward stalled U.N.-led talks on forging a new accord to battle global warming by the end of next year.
The new accord would succeed the troubled Kyoto Protocol when its first phase expires in 2012.
The United States hailed the agreement as substantial progress, and a top European Union official called it a “new, shared vision” by wealthy nations on climate.
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