US President George W. Bush opposes limiting global warming to two degrees.
During his speech in White house recently he rejected a German proposal regarding global warming targeting to prevent an increase in global temperature of more than 2 degrees Celsius.
Also, Bush Called countries to hold a series meeting, to set a global emission goal. Each country then would have to decide how to achieve the goal.
The treatment of Climate change runs counter to our overall position and crosses red lines in term of what we can not agree to …we can go given our fundamental opposition to German position. According to. white house document on 4 may 2007.
In an interview with Britain’s Guardian newspaper on the eve of the summit, Blair said he was convinced that he could persuade Bush to sign up to a “substantial cut” in greenhouse gas emissions, in line with U.N.-backed targets.
Mean While John Coequyt of Green peace USA descries Bush’s new police in Climate change as desperate attempt to head off start of international negotiations on the next stage of emission reductions after 2012
And he added that this is slap in the face of US, s key allies, Germany which has rightly made climate a central issue in the G8 this year and has put the emission cuts science demands into the draft G8 Communiqué.
In the mean time Friends of the Earth organization started collecting signature and statement from American, apologizing to nations participating in G8 Summit for Bush behavior concerning his new strategy of Climate change.
The G8 talks in Heiligendamm June 6-8 are expected to focus on seven -Kyoto Protocol targets before the climate pact expires in 2012.
