G8 heads of state call for 50 percent cut in GHGs by 2050; “At this rate, by 2050 the world will b

The G8 heads of state issued a call for a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by G8 countries, but the call met with tepid response from other nations as well as environmental leaders. Critics of the proposal noted that the G8 countries did not specify any intermediate goals, or a baseline [...]...