The declaration on energy and climate at the MEF of 16 countries at G8 summit in Italy. Both developing and developed countries will cooperate by taking appropriate mitigation actions for low carbon growth and will report by Nov 15 2009 on action plans and roadmaps.

As the Group of Eight began discussions on targets for reducing climate emissions, talk was circulating of a possible commitment to limit warming to 2

This report is meant to contribute to the debate between policymakers and research groups on the steps that need to be taken to meet long-term climate targets. This reports shows that the current focus on intermediate targets for the year 2020 needs to be extended to include the long-term targets.