US bids to stop G8 pushing for new climate deal

Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 1:05 [IST]

LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) The United States is battling to stop next month's Group of Eight summit in Germany from pushing for urgent talks on a new deal to fight global warming after the Kyoto Protocol lapses in 2012.

In a draft of the final communique for the June 6-8 summit seen by Reuters, Washington wants taken out references to the urgency of the climate crisis and the need for a UN conference in Bali in December to open talks on a new global deal.

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