“The G-8’s endorsement of a tepid 50-by-50 climate goal leaves us with a 50-50 chance of

“The G-8’s endorsement of a tepid 50-by-50 climate goal leaves us with a 50-50 chance of a climate meltdown.”

Atonio Hill

Spokesman for Oxfam International, on world leaders’ goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming.

“It has always been the case that a long-term goal is one that must be shared. So what the G-8 has offered today is a G-8 view of what that goal could be and should be, but that can only occur with the agreement of all the other parties.”

Jim Connaughton

Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, referring to nearly 200 countries involved in U.N. talks.