G8 climate consensus emerging, U.S. odd man out - Reuters

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G8 climate consensus emerging, U.S. odd man out
17 Mar 2007 15:03:53 GMT
Source: Reuters

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By Louis Charbonneau

POTSDAM, Germany, March 17 (Reuters) - A consensus on the
need to protect the world's environment is emerging among rich
and developing nations, but the United States remains at odds
with other countries on key points, Germany said on Saturday.

Environment ministers of the Group of Eight leading industrialised
nations, and officials from leading developing countries, were
meeting to prepare for a June G8 summit at which climate change
will be a major topic.

"On two issues, the United States were the only ones who spoke
against consensus," German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel
told reporters at the end of the two-day meeting, which he
chaired on behalf of Germany's G8 presidency.

Gabriel said the U.S. remained opposed to a global carbon
emissions trading scheme like the one used in the European Union
and rejected the idea that industrialised nations should help
achieve a "balance of interests" between developing countries'
need for economic growth and environmental protection.

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