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BP, Shell, Airbus, and other multinationals call for 50 percent emission cuts by 2050 |
Sara Barz |
25 Jun 2008 |
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| The CEOs of 100 large multinational corporations -- including companies from carbon-intense industries -- have signed a World Economic Forum statement [PDF] that calls on the G8 to create a strategy to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050. The G8 will be meeting in Japan next month, and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will be pushing hard for an agreement on climate change. Notable signatories to the statement: Airbus, British Airways, ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, economy, G8 (all these topics) |
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