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bers of G8 must set shorter-term goals for axing greenhouse gases than 2050 in order to help guide billions of dollars of investment, was announced today.
United Nations (UN) climate chief Yvo de Boer from The Netherlands, has told front of the media that a policy outlined by President George W. Bush last
month that would cap U.S. emissions in 2025 was “not enough” to confront global warming.
“We are at a stage where we really need to see leadership from the G8,”is one of the accents of Yvo de Boer’s speech before flying to Kobe, Japan, where May 24-26 is going to be the meeting of G8 environment ministers that will prepare a July G8 summit.
Yvo de Boer noted also that the G8 should set a target of halving world emissions by 2050
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