US Torpedoes German Hopes For G8 Climate Deal - Bush Claims "Strong Desire" To Work On Issue - AFP

[hatrack]

The United States quashed German hopes Wednesday for a binding pact on slashing carbon emissions at a summit of rich nations, intended as the centrepiece of Chancellor Angela Merkel's G8 presidency. The White House said all key polluting nations would have to be involved in any long-term agreement on climate change.

"We've not sat down with China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa," Jim Connaughton, chairman of the US administration's Council on Environmental Quality, said ahead of talks between Merkel and US President George W. Bush. "We have not sat down with Australia, South Korea and a number of the other major emitting countries on this issue and so until we've got everyone in the room and until we have consensus among all of them, you won't see a collectively stated goal on that yet but it's coming."

Bush insisted after meeting with Merkel on his good will to eventually striking a deal.

"I come with a strong desire to work with you on a post-Kyoto agreement and about how we can achieve major objectives," Bush said, referring to the UN-backed Kyoto Protocol on capping emissions that expires in 2012.

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[bdamomma]

1. this is such BS, waiting for other nations, what BS.

we are the biggest polluters, you can see this as plain as day, this is all for these greedy SOB's we have in abuse of power, all for money, they are disgusting, I can't stand them. and in the meantime the earth's clock is ticking.

[DS1]

2. asshole

the next two years could be critical - he wants to fuck up the whole world, not just the middle east