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G8 Academies of Science Call on Industrialized Countries to Lead Climate Challenge. By Andrew C. Revkin, NYTimes, June 11, 2008. "The scientific academies of 13 countries on Tuesday urged the world to act more forcefully to limit the threat posed by human-driven global warming. In a joint statement, the academies of the Group of 8 industrialized countries -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States -- and of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa called on the industrialized countries to lead a 'transition to a low-carbon society' and aggressively move to limit impacts from changes in climate that are already under way and impossible to stop. The statement [PDF, 2 pp], posted by the Nation Academy of Science in the United States, urged the Group of 8 countries to move beyond last year's pledge to consider halving global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 and 'make maximum efforts' to reach this target."