G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'
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Germany's chancellor says the leaders of the G8 nations have agreed a compromise deal on climate change.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 9 (IPS) - European heads of state have agreed to cut   greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from  1990 levels by the  year 2020.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jun 5 (IPS) - In the final hours before this week's Group of  Eight (G8) summit gets underway in Germany, activists have  underscored the need for progress with both climate change and  poverty alleviation -- key items on the meeting's agenda --  for there to be real improvement in Africa's living  conditions.
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Russia&#39;s president has signed the Kyoto Protocol ensuring the global climate pact will take effect, Novosti reported Friday. Putin had delayed signing the treaty until he gained
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G8's agenda on greenhouse gas emission goals and Europe's growing distrust of Russia.
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Leaders from the world's eight major industrialized nations "accepted the latest scientific evidence" of the dangers of global warming Thursday but set no targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed a breakthrough in the fight against climate change on Friday after proposing a European Union summit compromise to set a binding target for renewable fuels.Comment
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European Union governments agreed Tuesday that the 27-nation bloc should cut carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent by 2020.
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In an interview on eve of the G8 summit, PM claims US will agree to greenhouse gas target
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Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement Friday on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world's biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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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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The U.N. conference seemed to be heading for an agreement on a future deal to reduce greenhouse gases, officials said Friday.
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Compromise deal on saving the planet has been hammered out at climate change conference
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G8 foreign ministers meet in Germany to discuss issues including climate change before next week's summit.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.Comment
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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.