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The European Union and green groups piled pressure on the United States on Monday to agree to a target to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century and back the need for rich countries to set 2020 goals as well.
"Let's agree a clear-cut 50 percent reduction by 2050. And let's agree on the principle of a midterm (target)," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told reporters in Hokkaido on Monday, adding the meeting would be a success if these points were agreed by the G8.
"If we agree among ourselves (in the G8), then we are in a much better position for discussions with our Chinese partners and others."
Green groups have low expectations of an about-face from the Bush administration at this year's G8 and say the bloc hasn't made progress in fighting climate change over the past year.
At the G8 summit in Germany last year, leaders agreed to "seriously consider" cuts of "at least" 50 percent by 2050.
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