Tuesday, July 14, 2009
G8 makes scant progress on Copenhagen climate pact
G8 summit made scant progress towards a new U.N. climate treaty due to be agreed in December with some nations back-pedalling on promises of new action even before the end of a meeting in Italy.
"This hasn't given me a huge A rush of adrenaline," said Yvo de Boer, the U.N.'s top climate change official, of climate decisions by the G8 summit and a 17-member climate forum of major emitters including China and India.
"Generally this is careful but useful step forward towards Copenhagen...I'm still confident that the deal can be done," he said of the U.N. pact due to be agreed in mid-December.
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"This hasn't given me a huge A rush of adrenaline," said Yvo de Boer, the U.N.'s top climate change official, of climate decisions by the G8 summit and a 17-member climate forum of major emitters including China and India.
"Generally this is careful but useful step forward towards Copenhagen...I'm still confident that the deal can be done," he said of the U.N. pact due to be agreed in mid-December.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com/
Labels: climate decisions, emissions, emitters, g8 summit, g8 summit meeting italy, united nation climate
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