Posted by
Average Voter on Monday, May 26, 2008 10:21:49 AM
The Kyoto treaty is running out and after a couple of different summits on a new treaty, nobody wants to commit. So the G8 ministers want to
set the stage for the upcoming summit in Toyako, Japan.
Environment chiefs from the world's top industrial countries pledged ''strong political will'' Monday toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, declaring that developed nations should take the lead in battling
global warming.
The statement by ministers from the
Group of Eight nations, however, stopped short of pledging firm commitments for mid-century or a midterm goal for 2020, which many countries argue are crucial to saving the planet from environmental crisis provoked by rising temperatures.
The goals are too high and the price is too much.