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Climate change: Green group lashes record of US, Canada, Russia

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PARIS (AFP) - None of the Group of Eight (G8) countries is doing enough to avoid a dangerous escalation of global warming, but the booby prizes go to the United States, Canada and Russia, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday.

In a "climate scorecard" issued on the eve of the three-day G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, WWF said none of the participants had taken sufficient steps to prevent Earth's average temperature from warming by less than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels.

The 2 C goal has been endorsed by the European Union (EU) and the summit host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has sought to enshrine it in the Heiligendamm final communique.

CANADA AND RUSSIA

DEGREES

EUROPEAN UNION

GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL

GROUP

HEILIGENDAMM

NONE

NONE OF THE GROUP OF EIGHT

UNITED STATES

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