2007Feb20: The Global Roundtable on Climate Change, consisting of more than 100 businesses, including General Electric, Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor North America, investment bank Goldman Sachs, and Wal-Mart, international organizations, and experts, calls on governments to set targets for greenhouse gases and CO2 emissions (Reuters, 2007).
Reference: Reuters. 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02/20/global.warming.pact.reut/index.html
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