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US urges New Greenhouse Gas Goal
US President George W Bush has urged countries to agree on long-term goals for greenhouse gas emissions
He said he would hold meetings bringing together the USand 14 other major emitters, including developing nations, to set targets by the end of 2008.
Mr Bush was outlining US policy ahead of next week's G8 summit, in which the German hosts are expectedto call for cuts in emissions. The US has been accused of resisting strong action to tackle climate change.
It has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which sets out targets on lowering emissionsuntil 2012.
But Mr Bush on Thursday insisted that his administration took climate change seriously
"The United States will work with other nations to establish a new framework on greenhouse gasemissions for when the Kyoto protocol expires," he said.
To achieve this goal, he added, the US would hold a series of meetings bringing together "nations that produced most greenhouse gas emissions,including nations with rapidly growing economies like India and China".
Alternative approach
The BBC's Adam Brookes, in Washington, says Mr Bush's proposals differ radically from plans putforward by European countries ahead of the G8 summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a major deal, including slowing the rise in average temperatures to 2C this century, by way of a cutin global emissions by 50% below 1990 levels by 2050.
The United States has rejected that approach. In his address in Washington, Mr Bush repeated that solutions to the problem of global warmingwould be found through the development of new technologies.
"The United States is in the lead," he said. "The world is on the verge of great breakthroughs that will help us become better stewards ofthe environment."
The US president also urged other nations to eliminate tariffs on clean energy technologies.
The G8 summit will be held on 6-8 June in Heiligendamm in Germany
Source:...
US President George W Bush has urged countries to agree on long-term goals for greenhouse gas emissions
He said he would hold meetings bringing together the USand 14 other major emitters, including developing nations, to set targets by the end of 2008.
Mr Bush was outlining US policy ahead of next week's G8 summit, in which the German hosts are expectedto call for cuts in emissions. The US has been accused of resisting strong action to tackle climate change.
It has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which sets out targets on lowering emissionsuntil 2012.
But Mr Bush on Thursday insisted that his administration took climate change seriously
"The United States will work with other nations to establish a new framework on greenhouse gasemissions for when the Kyoto protocol expires," he said.
To achieve this goal, he added, the US would hold a series of meetings bringing together "nations that produced most greenhouse gas emissions,including nations with rapidly growing economies like India and China".
Alternative approach
The BBC's Adam Brookes, in Washington, says Mr Bush's proposals differ radically from plans putforward by European countries ahead of the G8 summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a major deal, including slowing the rise in average temperatures to 2C this century, by way of a cutin global emissions by 50% below 1990 levels by 2050.
The United States has rejected that approach. In his address in Washington, Mr Bush repeated that solutions to the problem of global warmingwould be found through the development of new technologies.
"The United States is in the lead," he said. "The world is on the verge of great breakthroughs that will help us become better stewards ofthe environment."
The US president also urged other nations to eliminate tariffs on clean energy technologies.
The G8 summit will be held on 6-8 June in Heiligendamm in Germany
Source:...
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