Mexico, Germany urge the world to act on climate

Germany and Mexico are calling on world leaders to get talks aimed at cutting greenhouse gases back on track and achieve concrete results before the year ends. Ministers, and representatives from about 45 countries were invited to the informal talks in Bonn, Germany. The three-day conference, called the Petersberg Dialogue, hopes to make progress on the details of a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel asked world leaders to be more ambitious in combating climate change. She also says the world needs transparency on the issue,... clear planning and measurement methods. Mexico is to host the next UN conference on climate change in December. Mexican President Felipe Calderon, says ONE of the areas that could see some progress there... is the fight against deforestation.

• 2010-05-03T09:05:25+00:00
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Germany Mexico calling world leaders get talks aimed cutting greenhouse gases back track achieve concrete results before year ends Ministers representatives from about 45 countries were invited informal talks Bonn Germany three-day conference called Petersberg Dialogue hopes make progress details plan reduce greenhouse gas emissions German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked world leaders be more ambitious combating climate change She also says world needs transparency issue clear planning measurement methods Mexico host next UN conference climate change December Mexican President Felipe Calderon says ONE areas that could see some progress there fight against deforestation