US ‘bids to water down global warming declaration’

The US is fighting to water down a declaration on global warming being prepared for next month’s G8 summit, it was reported today.
Reuters said Washington was objecting to specific targets and arguing against significant UN involvement.

The US stance risks provoking a major rift with Germany, which hosts the annual summit of the G8 industrialised nations in the Baltic Sea resort of Heligendamm between June 6 and 8.