Developing economies don't back G-8 climate goal

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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda left U.S.President George W. Bush center and Chinese President Hu Jintao pose for a family photo session for the Group of Eight and major economic outreach leaders at the Windsor Hotel Toya on Wednesday July 9 20 ...
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, left, U.S.President George W. Bush, center, and Chinese President Hu Jintao pose for a family photo session for the Group of Eight and major economic outreach leaders at the Windsor Hotel Toya on Wednesday July 9, 2008 in Toyako, northern Japan. (AP Photo/Koichi Kamoshida, POOL)

(AP) -- A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global challenges of our time" and pledged to back a United Nations effort to conclude new climate pact by 2009. The major economies said they supported longterm and midterm goals for greenhouse-gas reductions, but endorsed no targets.


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