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| G8 leaders 'agree climate deal' | G8 leaders 'agree climate deal' |
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| Leaders of the G8 nations have agreed to a compromise deal on tackling climate change, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. | Leaders of the G8 nations have agreed to a compromise deal on tackling climate change, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. |
| "We agreed... that CO2 emissions must first be stopped and then followed by substantial reductions," she said. | "We agreed... that CO2 emissions must first be stopped and then followed by substantial reductions," she said. |
| Reports said the leaders agreed to hold talks on a replacement to the Kyoto Protocol within a UN framework. | Reports said the leaders agreed to hold talks on a replacement to the Kyoto Protocol within a UN framework. |
| Mrs Merkel had been pushing for a 50% cut in emissions by 2050. The US had resisted calls for targets to be fixed. | Mrs Merkel had been pushing for a 50% cut in emissions by 2050. The US had resisted calls for targets to be fixed. |
| She said G8 leaders had agreed to consider her target, but there was no suggestion that a final agreement would include any mandatory commitment to major emissions cuts. | |
| The BBC's Steve Rosenberg, in Heiligendamm, says the German chancellor has portrayed the deal as a major success. | |
| Mrs Merkel, who is hosting the summit, wants industrialised nations to increase fuel efficiency by 20% and limit the world's temperature rise to 2C above pre-industrial levels. |