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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. | 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. | The BBC's Steve Rosenberg, in Heiligendamm, says the German chancellor has portrayed the deal as a major success. |
| The compromise appears to bring Mr Bush's plan into the wider UN-brokered process - something the US had previously resisted. | |
| Ahead of the meeting US President George W Bush proposed the establishment of his own process of climate control negotiations. | |
| Climate change had been one of several themes dominating the build-up to the summit. | |
| Mr Bush is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin against a backdrop of disagreements over US plans for missile defence. | |
| Earlier, Mr Bush said the row over a missile defence shield was "nothing we ought to be hyperventilating about". | |
| He urged Moscow again to send generals to the US to be reassured about the plan. |