G8 says goal is to limit increase in global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius
By APWednesday, July 8, 2009
G8 agree on 2 degree Celsius limit
L’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama and other leaders at the Group of Eight summit have struck a new agreement on fighting global warming.
The leaders said in a statement at their summit in Italy that their goal was to keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius.
Climate change experts have said such an acknowledgement was significant because the G-8 has never prounouced itself on that temperature goal.
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