New climate draft sets emissions targets for all
By The Associated Press
This article was published December 18, 2009 at 11:27 a.m.
PHOTO BY AP / ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS
A journalist reads the latest draft of the Copenhagen Accord at the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A third draft climate agreement being considered by world leaders at the U.N. summit in Copenhagen has introduced greenhouse gas emissions targets for both industrialized and developing countries.
The document, titled the Copenhagen Accord, says rich countries should reduce their greenhouse emissions by at least 80 percent by the year 2050.
It says developing countries’ emissions should be 15-30 percent below “business as usual,” that is, judged against figures for energy used versus economic output.
The latest draft also reinstates a December 2010 deadline for when leaders should adopt a legally binding treaty on fighting global warming.
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