The US, I believe, has not really lost a sense of direction. I think that our views are gradually converging
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Ichiro Kamoshita (R) Japan's environment minister and chairman of G8 Environment Ministers Meeting, delivers a speech during the closing ceremony in Kobe, western Japan on May 26, 2008. Group of Eight environment ministers called in a statement for rich nations to take the lead in a global effort to at least halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Ministers and senior officials from the Group of Eight wrapped up three days of talks here aimed at setting the stage for their leaders' annual summit, to be held in July in the northern Japanese mountain resort of Toyako.
Ichiro Kamoshita (C) Japan's environment minister and chairman of the G8 environment ministers meeting, delivers a speech during the closing ceremony in Kobe, western Japan on May 26, 2008. Group of Eight environment ministers called in a statement for rich nations to take the lead in a global effort to at least halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Ministers and senior officials from the Group of Eight wrapped up three days of talks here aimed at setting the stage for their leaders' annual summit, to be held in July in the northern Japanese mountain resort of Toyako.
Ichiro Kamoshita (C) Japan's environment minister and chairman of G8 environment ministers meeting, delivers a speech during the closing ceremony in Kobe, western Japan on May 26, 2008. Group of Eight environment ministers called in a statement for rich nations to take the lead in a global effort to at least halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Ministers and senior officials from the Group of Eight wrapped up three days of talks here aimed at setting the stage for their leaders' annual summit, to be held in July in the northern Japanese mountain resort of Toyako.
Stefania Prestigiacomo, minister for the Environment Land and Sea of Italy, speaks as Japanese Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita, right, listens during a joint press conference of the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting in Kobe, western Japan, Monday, May 26, 2008. Environment ministers from the world's top industrial countries say they have the "political will" to move toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050.
Japanese Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita speaks during the joint press conference of the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting in Kobe, western Japan Monday, May 26, 2008. Environment ministers from the world's top industrial countries say they have the "political will" to move toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050.
Japan's Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita speaks during a news conference marking the close of the three-day Environment Ministers Meeting in Kobe, western Japan May 26, 2008. Environment ministers from the Group of Eight rich nations on Monday urged their leaders to set a global target to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 when they meet for a summit in July.
The US, I believe, has not really lost a sense of direction. I think that our views are gradually converging
India and China agreed in Bali that they were ready to move. So what Bush is harping at is a bit out of date