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...countries need to act first on global warming), the G-8 refused to set short-term emissions-cut targets. The G-8 didn't even specify which base year it would use as the starting point for cutting emissions in half - either 1990, the year used for the Kyoto Protocol, or the present day. "There's no way to judge the target against any real number," says Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. "This is not something that makes you stay up at night." The only strong signal the G-8 declaration sends...
...same time beckoning opportunity. At next week's G-8 summit, to be held in Japan, the leaders of the world's most advanced economies hope to make headway on one of the biggest opportunities: an agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that would succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires...
...never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, but last year President Bush embraced the idea of a long-term reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions. G-8 representatives are trying to craft an agreement to cut emissions 50% from 1990 levels by 2050. The U.S. may push for even deeper cuts in the future. The Republican nominee, John McCain, has called for a 60% reduction over the same period; the Democratic contender, Barack Obama, would like to see an 80% cut. Bush and the GOP, reflecting U.S. auto-industry concern about changing public opinion on global warming, accepted tighter auto-emission standards this...
...Many officials would like Sarkozy to concentrate instead on issues like shepherding an agreement on an E.U. climate change package that goes beyond the Kyoto Protocol commitments. But he has put more attention on plans for a Europe-wide cut in fuel taxes - already dismissed as useless market interference by most other E.U. leaders - and a hard-line European migration pact, which is also lacks widespread support...
...Host nation Japan, the most energy-efficient big country in the world, is struggling to meet its Kyoto caps and is backing away from hard targets. Countries can't even agree on which year to employ as a baseline for emission reductions: 1990, which was used for the Kyoto Protocol, or a more recent year. No one is speaking the same language. "You have a clear split between the European and the non-European G8 nations," says Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists. "That makes it unlikely we'll get any specific agreement...