Posted AT 12:59 AM EDT on 06/12/05
Don't go soft on Kyoto promises
Prime Minister Tony Blair placed climate change at the top of the Group of Eight leaders' agenda this year because, although it is one of the most important long-term challenges facing the world, action on it is urgent. The G8 Science Academies said in June that average global temperatures could rise by as many as 5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century — and higher in parts of Africa. For every degree increase, Africa stands to suffer a 4-per-cent loss of GDP
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