Britain Pushes Bush to Set Climate Goal

Wants US to commit to hard target date for emissions reductions.

By Max Brallier, Newser User

Posted Jun 5, 2007 10:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – The British environmental secretary will visit Washington in an effort to convince President Bush to set specific goals for carbon reduction at this week's G8 summit. David Miliband plans to encourage the US to agree to an emissions target by 2050 and to acknowledge the principle of carbon trading as the best market-based way of reducing emissions.

Miliband praised Bush's speech last week, in which the president supported an international target, but the secretary tells the Guardian the issue can't wait until 2008. He plans to invoke the American role fight against fascism in a speech today. Meanwhile, Bush is already in Europe preparing for the summit, which begins tomorrow.

Britain's Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural... (Getty Images)

Britain's Secretary of State for Enviroment Food and Rural Affairs... (Getty Images)

Factory chimneys smoke in this March 20, 2007 photo, in Taiyuan, China. China promised Monday, June 4, 2007 to reduce greenhouse gases, unveiling a new national climate change program, but rejected mandatory... (Associated Press)

U.S. President George W. Bush, center, is seen during the welcome ceremony at Prague's Castle, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. U.S. President George W. Bush arrived to the Czech Republic Monday... (Associated Press)

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