G8 Pledges Climate Action, But Bonn Talks Stall - Business Green
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The final communiqué from the latest G8 summit at Camp David in the US represents a major boost to the US-led initiative to drive efforts to reduce pollutants such as methane, soot and HFCs, which was launched earlier this year by secretary of state Hilary Clinton.
"By developing strategies to reduce short-term pollutants – chiefly methane, black carbon, and HFCs – we can help reduce global warming, improve health, and increase agricultural productivity, as well as energy security," the group said in the communiqué.
Six governments signed up to the initiative in February, including the US, Canada, and Mexico, but now the entire G8 has endorsed the plan and commissioned the World Bank to undertake a report into the most effective policies for curbing short-lived climate pollutants.
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Diplomats at the two-week talks have been tasked with developing a timetable for future negotiations following the agreement last year of the Durban Platform and its commitment to finalise a new international treaty by 2015 and bring it into force by 2020. However, with just two full days of talks left the EU has warned that progress made at last year's Durban Summit is now under threat due to continued wrangling over this year's timetable for negotiations.
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