G-8 to take up climate change
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Europe, Japan, US, and developing nations are divided over how to handle greenhouse-gas emissions.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders agreed on Thursday to pursue substantial but unspecified cuts in greenhouse gases and work with the United Nations to clinch a new deal to fight global warming by 2009.
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The G8 summit opens in Germany amid discord over climate change and a rift between Russia and the West.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 5 (IPS) - As a guest at the G8 summit this week in Germany,  Brazilian President Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva will present  arguments to convince the leaders of the world's eight  richest countries of the importance of biofuels in the fight  against global warming.
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Asia-Pacific leaders were expected to sign a landmark statement on climate change at their annual summit on Saturday, papering over differences between rich and developing nations over pollution targets.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to make climate change a priority of Britain&#39;s presidency of both the G8 and the European Union in 2005 to combat the world&#39;s &quot;greatest environmental challenge.
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Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight nations met Wednesday to lay the groundwork for next week&#39;s summit in Germany as discord over climate change and Kosovo cast a shadow over the talks.
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An international group of corporate leaders calls for global targets on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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The White House welcomed a climate change accord by the Group of Eight club of wealthy nations Thursday as a &quot;way forward&quot; on tackling global warming.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - A summit of major powers in Germany will not agree to any firm targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday as G8 leaders gathered on the Baltic coast.
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Climate experts have greeted George W. Bush&#39;s call for a &quot;new framework&quot; to combat global warming, proffered days ahead of a G8 summit at which climate change will top the agenda, with some relief but even more skepticism.
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Japan is trying to take the lead on climate change at this week's G-8 summit, but the world's second-largest economy is falling behind on its existing obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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BERLIN -- The leaders of the world's second- and third-largest economies, Japan and Germany, pressed the biggest -- the United States -- yesterday to agree to dramatic action in addressing climate change at a Group of 8 summit meeting next month.
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A summit of rich nations this week could pave the way for a world deal on global warming even if Washington opposes German calls for an agreement to slash emissions now, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Monday.
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Japan aims to put global warming top of the agenda as it takes over the chairmanship of the G8.
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By DAVID STRINGER LONDON - The United States is preparing to reject new targets on climate change at a Group of Eight summit next month, dashing German and British hopes for a new global pact on carbon emissions, according to a document released by environmentalists.
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Intensive diplomatic efforts to agree the elements of a framework by the end of the year for a new global climate change treaty are starting to make headway, according to a European official close to the ...Comment