Thursday, July 10, 2008

After Applause Dies Down, Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete ... - New York Times


G8 leaders can't get beyond self-interest
Canada.com, Canada - 2 hours ago
They can't tell governments of countries that are trying to catch up to stop subsidizing fuel prices, and their farmers to stop hoarding grain in ...

Better luck next time
Globe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours ago
In the end, aside from a symbolically important agreement to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, this week's three-day G8 summit in Japan accomplished ...

China rejects G8 plan on climate
Detroit Free Press, United States - 4 hours ago
BY TOM RAUM • AP • July 10, 2008 TOYAKO, Japan -- China, India and other energy-guzzling developing nations rejected Wednesday key elements of a ...

Developing nations slap down G-8 global emissions strategy
Chicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago
By Tom Raum | AP TOYAKO, Japan — China, India and other energy-guzzling developing nations on Wednesday rejected key elements of a global warming strategy ...

Bush's last climate summit leaves much to do
AFP - 6 hours ago
TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) — US President George W. Bush's last Group of Eight summit only inched forward the fight against climate change but drew the battle ...

Ban Ki-moon welcomes G-8 statement
Press Trust of India, India - 6 hours ago
United Nations, Jul 10 (PTI) UN chief Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the G-8 statement on climate change, food security and development as a good beginning to ...

As Climate Issue Heats Up,
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago
By JEFFREY BALL Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized economies, meeting in Japan, issued their first long-term target for cutting ...

No G(r)8 Accomplishment
Washington Post, United States - 7 hours ago
THE GROUP of Eight declaration of its commitment to a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050 could be viewed as a ho-hum event when ...

Division at G-8 over climate goal
International Herald Tribune, France - 8 hours ago
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg RUSUTSU, Japan: Rich nations and emerging powers on Wednesday declared climate change "one of the great global challenges of our time ...

China 'committed to fighting' climate change
China Daily, China - 9 hours ago
The world has to fight climate change together but the responsibilities of the developed and developing countries in this battle has to be different, ...

JAPAN: G8 emmissions target a step back
Radio Australia, Australia - 9 hours ago
The G-8 meeting of leading industrial nations has wound up in Japan with a fudge on the key issue of climate change. The target to cut global greenhouse ...

G8 climate stance an 'important advance': PM
CTV.ca, Canada - 9 hours ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has left the G8 meetings in Japan heralding a declaration from the leaders of the world's industrialized nations to halve ...

G8 emissions target a positive step, says Garnaut
ABC Online, Australia - 9 hours ago
The Federal Government's climate change adviser Professor Ross Garnaut says the Group of Eight (G8) Summit in Japan has not failed on climate change. ...

G8 climate deal in danger of collapse
Irish Times, Ireland - 11 hours ago
A CLIMATE change deal pledging a goal of halving global CO2 emissions by mid-century was in danger of collapse last night hours after it was announced at ...

Key developing nations reject G-8 climate plan
The Associated Press - 11 hours ago
TOYAKO, Japan (AP) — China, India and other energy-guzzling developing nations on Wednesday rejected key elements of a global warming strategy embraced by ...

The G8 and its effectiveness
Irish Times, Ireland - 11 hours ago
'THE G8 is no longer enough to solve many of the problems." This perceptive remark by German chancellor Angela Merkel at the conclusion of the Group of ...

Bush to G8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
Independent, UK - 12 hours ago
By Andrew Grice, Political Editor in Hokkaido President George Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept global climate change ...

George Kerevan: Pie in the sky – to add to all that carbon dioxide
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 12 hours ago
By George Kerevan FIRST the good news. For the very first time, the Bush administration has agreed to a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ...

Rift With Emerging Economies Grows Amid Calls to Expand G-8
Bloomberg - 12 hours ago
By James G. Neuger July 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Group of Eight summit ended with the world's richest nations at odds with the most populous ones over climate ...

Developing nations balk at G8 targets on greenhouse gas emissions
The Canadian Press,  Japan - 12 hours ago
RUSUTSU, Japan — The newly-minted strategy for fighting global warming that was supported by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other G8 leaders was given a ...

G-8 patches up climate change deal
Daily Times, Pakistan - 13 hours ago
TOYAKO/SAPPORO: Group of Eight leaders patched together a deal to fight climate change at a summit that wound up on Wednesday, but failed to convince big ...
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