G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'

[wakeme2008]

Source: bbc

Last Updated: Thursday, 7 June 2007, 13:57 GMT 14:57 UK

G8 leaders 'agree climate deal'
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Leaders of the G8 nations have agreed to a compromise deal on tackling climate change, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.

"We agreed... that CO2 emissions must first be stopped and then followed by substantial reductions," she said.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6731045.stm

[ananda]

1. Too bad.

Guess we're headed for extinction, then.

[Eugene]

2. This is a "deal" for more talks somewhere down the line.

The G8 leaders agree as long as nobody brings up those troublesome
details like specific goals or actions.

The only bright spot here is that the G8 leaders resolved to work
together under a UN framework. Shrub didn't completely wreck
the conference, but he certainly did a lot of damage.

The net result is "substantial" without substance.

:mad::grr::thumbsdown::puke::cry:

[Morgana LaFey]

3. I had to read this about 8 times before it made any sense at all

and in reality, it was the pull quote in the article that 'splained it:

Global greenhouse gas emissions must stop rising, followed by substantial global emission reductions

I really get annoyed with articles that raise more questions than they answer, or toss out gibberish like this.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. They were quoting Merkel at the start

So it may have been her (or bad translation by someone).

On edit: The problem was her words - everyone else has the same quote, eg

"We agreed on clear language ... that recognises CO2 emissions must first be stopped and followed by substantial reductions."

Reuters insert "rises in" to get it to make sense:

"In terms of targets, we agreed on clear language ... that recognizes that (rises in) CO2 emissions must first be stopped and then followed by substantial reductions,"

[BadgerKid]

5. Hey, * is The Uniter afterall (sarcasm, n/t)