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Expert comment on G8 climate target —
The Group of Eight developed nations have agreed to at least halve world carbon
emissions by 2050, in a deal described by some as a breakthrough but criticised by
others as inadequate.
The “shared vision” of G8 leaders could be an important step on the way to a
global deal at the major climate change summit to be held in Copenhagen in 2009.
With research showing global carbon emissions need to drop almost to zero by
2050, will cutting emissions by half have any actual impact?
RMIT University’s Professor Peter Hayes is an expert on climate change and
global energy security.
Professor Hayes is the author of The Global Greenhouse Regime, one of the
world’s first authoritative texts examining the drastic action required to stabilise
climate change.
He is the convenor of RMIT’s Climate Change Adaptation program and has
published widely on climate change and energy security issues.
A Professorial Fellow in International Relations at RMIT, Professor Hayes is also
Director of the Nautilus Institute in San Francisco and at RMIT.
He is available for interview on the Group of Eight’s 2050 climate goal.
For interviews: RMIT University’s Professor Peter Hayes, 0417 576 836,
peter.hayes@rmit.edu.au or peter@nautilus.org.
For general media enquiries: RMIT University Media and Communications,
Gosia Kaszubska, (03) 9925 3176 or 0417 510 735.
9 July, 2008
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