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Bush finds resistance on his climate policy at meeting of economic powers
By Tom Raum
Associated Press
Published on Tuesday, Jul 08, 2008
TOYAKO, JAPAN: President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth.
Building a consensus was not proving easy for him as the Group of Eight economic powers planned to turn its attention today to global warming, soaring food and fuel costs and world conflicts.
Beyond the climate-change standoff, Bush's proposal to base a missile defense system in Eastern Europe was rebuffed on Monday by Russia's new president, Dimitry Medvedev. And Bush failed to achieve a consensus among African leaders on sanctions against the government of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to protest his widely condemned re-election last month after his opposition-party rival dropped out, fearful for his life.
''You know I care deeply about the people of Zimbabwe,'' Bush told reporters after a Monday meeting with African leaders who were invited to meet with summit partners. ''I'm extremely disappointed in the elections, which I labeled a sham election.''
Separately, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Mugabe's election was not legitimate. ''As for us in Germany, we do not rule out further sanctions,'' she said, adding that many other G-8 nations feel the same way.
But African nations are deeply divided, with many reluctant to put public pressure on Mugabe.
The big issue on today's agenda was climate change; it was certain to be a major topic when Bush meets one-on-one with Merkel, one of the G-8's strongest advocates for tough reductions in the emissions that contribute to global warming.
She succeeded in winning his backing last year, when the summit was held in Germany, to a statement pledging that the group would seriously consider a goal of halving greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 — while failing to persuade him to commit to more specific targets.
Now, as then, Bush is insisting that major emerging economies like China and India be included in any plan to cut emissions. But they have so far resisted. Adding to Bush's isolation on the issue, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said G-8 nations must reach agreement among themselves and avoid taking the approach that ''I will do nothing unless you do it first,'' which he called a ''vicious circle.''
TOYAKO, JAPAN: President Bush encountered resistance on his climate-change policy as he and other world leaders sought to strike a balance between framing a deal on global warming while coping with inflation and slumping economic growth.
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