G8 emissions targets a 'backward step'

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Updated July 9, 2008 20:34:18

The G8's target to cut global greenhouse emissions by half by 2050 is being criticised as a step backward, and major developing nations China and India remain opposed to joining the club.

Presenter: Karon Snowdon
Speakers:Professor Barry Brook, Director of the Research Institute for Climate Change at Adelaide University.

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