International group sets plan to curb global warming


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 100 corporations, international organizations and experts agreed to a plan on Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions, calling on governments to act urgently against global warming. 

"The politicians are lagging behind the business community," said Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs at a press conference for the Global Roundtable on Climate Change. The organization presented its first major agreement since beginning talks in 2004. 

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