<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/55fd72d3-64f1-47ff-a267-8c08c1d3a5c0/5AE67D58-110C-439E-94EE-F91860049082/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75224" href="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75224" style="font-size: 11px;">www.climateark.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75224"><DIV>Science academies in the developed and developing world have today (16 May) made demands for more action on climate change ahead of next month's G8 summit in Germany.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75224"><DIV> The Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) and science academies from the 'G8 + 5' countries ― including Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa ― presented statements to German prime minister Angela Merkel, calling for united global action on energy efficiency and climate change mitigation.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75224"><DIV> The case for human-induced climate change is all but agreed (see Scientists united on human-induced climate change), and developing countries are likely to be hit the hardest (see Report sees 'climate divide' between rich and poor). </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=75224"><DIV> The statements argue that more should be done by governments to commit to promoting energy efficiency, increasing understanding of climate change within society, curbing deforestation, strengthening technology exchange with developing countries and investing in science and technology.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5AE67D58-110C-439E-94EE-F91860049082/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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