UK's Blair-Greenhouse gas target must be at heart of G8
06 Jun 2007 11:27:51 GMT Source: Reuters
(Adds details) LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday that a meeting of the world's richest nations must agree to set a target for cutting greenhouses gases within a new global deal on climate change. "What will be important at the G8 is... that we manage to get agreement that there should be a new global deal that involves all the main players including America and China...and that at the heart of that has to be a global target for a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions," Blair told parliament. The plan should be pursued through the framework of the United Nations, Blair added. Blair will attend a summit of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations starting in Germany on Wednesday. A senior adviser to President George W. Bush said earlier that the United States would refuse to agree to targets and timetables for cutting greenhouse gases at the Group of Eight summit starting on Wednesday.
