CRI听力:G7 Leaders Bid 'Auf Wiedersehen' to Carbon Fuels

Leaders of the Group of Seven have wrapped up their 2-day summit in Germany.

They have decided to wean their energy-hungry economies off carbon fuels.

They also pledged to support developing nations in addressing issues related to climate change.

A joint declaration was issued at the summit, planning to reduce global carbon emissions by 40 to 70 percent by 2050 compared to 2010 levels.

US president Barack Obama is vowing to make more progress on the climate change issue:

"We continue to make progress toward a strong global climate agreement this year in Paris. All the G7 countries have now put forward our post 2020 targets for reducing carbon emissions and will continue to urge other significant emitters to do so as well."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also indicated her concern.

"We have clearly said at the G7 that we need binding rules at the heart of the (climate) agreement. The world does not have any binding rules at the moment and therefore that must be a goal in Paris."

G7 leaders also backed a global target to limit the rise in average global temperatures to two degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels.

For a closer look at the G7 summit, CRI's Brian Kopczynski earlier spoke with Professor Jin Canrong, Associate Dean of School of International Studies at Renmin University.