G8 meet sidesteps midterm gas cuts
G8 meet sidesteps midterm gas cuts
Environment ministers from the Group of Eight countries meeting Sunday in Kobe apparently sidestepped the major issue of setting midterm greenhouse-gas reduction targets for 2020 due to a divide between developing and industrialized countries over specific targets. Scientists believe 2020 is a key deadline in avoiding a potentially disastrous rise in world temperatures.
Publication Date:
26/05/2008