World Leaders Back Obama’s Plan to Reduce Polutions

On Wednesday, World Leader including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel came to an agreement to reduce the world carbon output by 80%  by December 2050 . The accord happened during the G-8 Summit in L’aquilla, Italy.

The agreement will prevent the rise of the world’s temperature rising 3.6 degrees.

The move was to put pressure on the developing countries including China, Mexico and India. The Chinese leader  Hu Jintao was opposing the cut in greenhouses gases.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told reporters,“Today in Italy we have laid the foundations for a Copenhagen deal that is ambitious, fair and effective. The change from where we were two, three, four years ago is significant. The world has now agreed that the scientific evidence on climate change is compelling,” he said.

The Times of London has more.