People and Planet: Leaders from the G8 group of industrialised countries meeting in Hokkaido, Japan, have agreed to set a global target to cut carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050 to combat climate change. The agreement includes the United States for the first time and goes further than last year’s G9 pledge to ‘seriously consider’ making the cuts. However, the US has refused to consider any interim cuts, and the compromise agreement has been widely condemned by environmental groups as …