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Environmental group WWF urges G8 to make climate pledge (AFP)
Jul 3, 2009

The environmental group WWF, urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week. Echoing a call by German Chancellor Angela Merkel a day earlier, the WWF said the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, must commit to keeping the rise in global average temperature AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.


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