Author: |Posted: 12:47 pm on 10/07/09
Category: World News Blog
Just what has been achieved here? The summit’s warm words on climate change were criticised by the UN secretary-general himself yesterday, who said they did not go far enough. China and India now “recognise the scientific view” that temperatures should not go more than 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels, but whether they are prepared to sacrifice one jot of economic growth to achieve that is still open to debate.
The 17 biggest emitters will work to “identify a global goal” for emissions cuts, but the one the G8 proposed – 50 per cent, was rejected.
