G8 countries reaffirm climate change commitments


STRELNA, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Leaders of G8 countries pledged to continue efforts to fight the greenhouse effect and resolve the problem of climate change in a joint statement Sunday.
"We will continue to work to reduce greenhouse gas and deal effectively with the challenge of climate change," the leaders said in a statement on global energy security adopted at the G8 summit near St. Petersburg.
"We also affirm our commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's ultimate objective of stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that prevents dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system," the document said.
UNFCCC entered into force on 21 March 1994 and has been ratified by 189 countries. It sets out a framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change.