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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9939

10 July 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/g8/climate
G8 agreement on reducing global emissions by half by 2050 is step forward, sys EU, even though there is no 2020 target

Brussels, 09/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - In recognising that the average rise in the temperature of the surface of the planet should be less that 2º Celsius, compared with the pre-industrial era, G8 leaders, meeting in L'Aquila hosted by President of the Italian Council Silvio Berlusconi, have, for the first time, accepted the scientific recommendations for avoiding dramatic climate change. This, for many observers, is the least that could be expected, but the European Union has welcomed this...

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