Major developing nations lukewarm on G8 climate goals - AFP

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Major developing nations lukewarm on G8 climate goals

by Emsie Ferreira
Thu Jun 7, 6:09 PM ET

BERLIN (AFP) - The leaders of five major developing nations
on on Thursday signalled they would not bow to pressure from
the Group of Eight to commit to binding targets in the fight
against global warming.

Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa insisted ahead of
talks with G8 leaders on Friday that their "different capacities
and interests" must be considered when tackling climate change.

The leaders of the G8 on Thursday agreed to seek "substantial"
cuts in global emissions and "seriously consider" the target of
cutting climate-changing gases by at least half by 2050.

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After a meeting in Berlin to agree their position, the so-called
Plus Five group of emerging nations said they needed help from
more developed nations in combatting the pollution caused by
their rapidly expanding economies.

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1. "Why are you a pessimist?", "Are you saying we shouldn't even try?"

:rofl:

The 8 largest industrialized countries in the world organize to meet and make sure they stay that way. Two countries with over 2 billion consumers combined will not slow down because they can't.

When you figure out that we're not going to do anything(with or without Bush, he's one insignificant man, the system will keep going), it's actually sort of relaxing, in an odd way. It's almost like receiving total consciousness on our deathbed. So we got that going for us, which is nice.