Bush Unveils Climate Change Proposal - VOA Story

President Bush will go to next week's Group of Eight Summit in Germany armed with a new proposal to combat global climate change. VOA's Paula Wolfson has details from the White House.


President Bush outlines his proposal during a speech in Washington, 31 May 2007
President Bush wants 15 major polluting countries to set a global goal by 2008 for reducing so-called greenhouse gases - emissions that warm the air and contribute to climate change.

"To help develop this goal, the United States would convene a series of meetings of nations that produce most greenhouse gas emissions, including nations with rapidly growing economies like India and China," he said.

Mr. Bush says countries will then set their own mid-term targets. He says each nation will come up with an individual plan of action based on its own unique mix of resources and energy needs.

In a speech to a coalition of groups concerned with international development, the president said the U.S. wants to work with others. He emphasized America's willingness to share its technological know how.

Climate change is sure to be one of the dominant issues when the leaders of the eight largest industrialized nations meet next week for their annual summit. Host Germany has already proposed its own formula for international targets, which has been rejected by the Bush administration.

White House officials deny this latest announcement by the president is designed to blunt criticism of the United States at the G8. The U.S. refused to sign the last major international agreement on greenhouse gases - the Kyoto Protocol - which runs out in 2012.

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[ewelmcc]

and the worlds biggest polluter is ??????? the USA, so lead the way bushy boy reduce emissions forthwith, rather than tell the world what to do,Lead by example Just doooooooo wit

[densefawg]

bush is selling america out on many levels now. illuminati sucks.

[CuteAlboGuy82]

next time? rofllll bro get real 2012 think hard what would u do knowing its already the end of the cycle of this world.

[klote2314]

ur wrong al gore spoke about global warming in 1964 first and there is evidence you fuck

what do think about the smog the tornades the tsunami's and the temprature those are all facts that global warming IS HERE

[rdiok]

There were times when the US lead to a better world, but it's not this time. I hope they will next time.

[JonThm]

More CO2, more life on Earth. More nuclear power, more death on Earth!

[porie101]

i have to go ahead and disagree with you there. C02 keeps more water particals in the air for longer and allows the atmosphere to heat up which causes bacteria to thrive in lower level bodies of water. those bacteria release sulfur which heats things up even more.

[JonThm]

CO2 emissions have NO effect on the climate. WAter vapour, evaporated from the seas moderates solar cycles! Nothing to do with man. See JonThm for more!

[porie101]

i'm sorry i don't really understand. i have to admit i did speed read. our planets climate is certainly slowly and constantly changing naturally. do you believe that we have an effect on it or not.

[JonThm]

There si no evidence fro climate cahgne in the last 1000 years. Neweek termed the phrase 'global warming', to contest the sceintific assertion we were headed fro teh next ice age in the 1970s. They were, and are wrong.