G8 must forge concrete climate change plan: Annan - Reuters

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G8 must forge concrete climate change plan: Annan
Tue Jun 5, 2007 4:58AM EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight leading
industrial nations should formulate a concrete plan to
tackle climate change at their summit this week, former
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.

"Propelled by growing scientific evidence, the debate on
climate change has risen from technocratic lowlands to
the heights of presidential summits," Annan told the
annual meeting of conservation group WWF in Beijing.

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"The time for recriminations and passing the buck is over.
International discussions on action to curb climate change
need to be put back on track, with clarity on what is to
be done, when, and by whom," Annan added.

He said it was important to get developing giants China,
India and Brazil on board in the battle to curb emissions,
but that they needed help from the richer world.

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