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To Half and to Hold
G8 nations agree to cut emissions 50 percent by 2050 (sort of) |
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08 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:51 AM on 08 Jul 2008 At this year's Group of Eight meeting in Japan, the world's richest nations more or less agreed to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050. While the agreement is notable since it means President Bush has budged ever-so-slightly on the climate issue, the group's statement on the cuts is little more than a carefully worded pledge to keep negotiating. At last year's G8 meeti ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, international politics, news (all these topics) |
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Summit like it hot
G8 leaders head to Hokkaido where Bush and his sherpa will provide climate guidance |
Kate Sheppard |
02 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| On Monday, George W. Bush will travel to Hokkaido, Japan, for his eighth and final G8 summit, where climate change is likely to be the subject of heated (ahem) talks. At last year's meeting, leaders agreed to seriously consider a goal of cutting global greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050. But the Bush administration continues to resist mandatory targets, and in a speech on Wednesday, Bush made sure to again emphasize 'technologies' over regulation. 'I'll ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, George Bush, international treaties, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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We Spend That Before Breakfast
Mere $45 trillion needed to tackle climate change, says IEA |
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06 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:26 PM on 06 Jun 2008 A G8-backed goal to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 would take a global clean-technology investment of merely $45 trillion, the International Energy Agency said in a report Friday. That's about 1.1 percent of the world's average annual gross domestic product through 2050; more overwhelmingly, it's also about three times the size of the current U.S. economy. To meet ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, G8, news (all these topics) |
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A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action Please
World's pollutingest countries to meet for climate talks in Japan |
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13 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:14 AM on 13 Mar 2008 The world's 20 biggest-polluting countries will meet in Japan on Friday for a three-day climate conference designed as a run-up to the July G8 meeting where current G8 leader Japan wants to put climate at the top of the agenda. Japan has expressed support for cutting G8-country emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2050 -- an ambitious- ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, news (all these topics) |
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We've Got Frenzy In Low Places
U.S. continues to stonewall climate progress ahead of G8 summit |
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29 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| We've Got Frenzy In Low Places U.S. continues to stonewall climate progress ahead of G8 summit In the diplomatic scramble leading up to next week's G8 summit, there are two sides: the Bush administration and the rest of the world. The burning issue, of course, is climate change. Following weeks of grumbling from both sides, leaked documents show that U.S. red pens have ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, G8, international politics, news (all these topics) |
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Let's Give 'Em Something to Not Talk About
U.S. negotiators edit climate out of G8 climate draft |
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14 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Let's Give 'Em Something to Not Talk About U.S. negotiators edit climate out of G8 climate draft Here's a comforting thought for a Monday: your future is being played like a poker hand. Next month, the leaders of the G8 nations will meet in Germany along with the heads of China, India, South Africa, Mexico, and Brazil. With hopes of agreeing on climate-change action, Germany has circul ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, G8, international treaties, news (all these topics) |
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