G8 leaders to halve emissions by 2050

The Group of Eight Powerful Nations, better known as the G8, have recently agreed to reduce emissions of green house gases by a minimum of half, by 2050.

The agreement took place, even though five developing countries actually appealed against the agreement.

Some leaders are aiming to cut 80-90% on 1990 emissions figures.

The G8 includes some of the strongest leaders of countries worldwide, such as United States, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Canada and Italy, but of course that doesn’t mean they are the only world leaders.

The likes of China and India are major players, if not the biggest, as regards the world’s climate change, and need to address their issues as soon as possible.

Last year’s Global G8 summit did little in the way of action for the worldwide issue of climate change, with the final verdict being to “seriously consider” the current affects that climate change is having on the world as a whole.

That wasn’t all that was on the agenda; rising food prices were high on the list.

Apparently the price hike has led to more than 100 million people being classed as poverty stricken worldwide, and the atmosphere not getting any better.