Among G-8, US and Canada at the bottom in combating climate change
Leaders hope to make progress on new pact
By Daniel Flynn, Reuters | July 2, 2009
ROME - With only five months left before a summit on climate change -- it’s intended to produce a new global pact -- none of the Group of Eight nations is doing enough to curb global warming, says a study released yesterday. It ranks the United States and Canada at the bottom.
The G-8 Climate Scorecards, compiled by the environmental group WWF, said even the greenest members of the rich nations’ club -- Germany, Britain, and France -- are not on track to meet a “danger threshold’’ of limiting temperature rises to below 2 degrees Celsius.
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By Daniel Flynn, Reuters | July 2, 2009
ROME - With only five months left before a summit on climate change -- it’s intended to produce a new global pact -- none of the Group of Eight nations is doing enough to curb global warming, says a study released yesterday. It ranks the United States and Canada at the bottom.
The G-8 Climate Scorecards, compiled by the environmental group WWF, said even the greenest members of the rich nations’ club -- Germany, Britain, and France -- are not on track to meet a “danger threshold’’ of limiting temperature rises to below 2 degrees Celsius.
(More here.)
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