(Washington, DC)  --  The United States has come up with greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020.

   The White House announced Wednesday the United States will go to a gathering of world leaders for climate talks next month pledging to cut greenhouse emissions about 17-percent below 2005 levels.

   The U.S. is the last major industrialized nation to offer a target for reduction of gasses thought to be responsible for global warming.

   President Obama will attend the climate talks but will arrive two days after the December 7th start and won't be at the event for the days expected to bring the hardest bargaining among leaders.

   The President will take time out from the talks to visit nearby Oslo, Norway where he'll collect his Nobel Peace Prize.

   Looking beyond 2020, the U.S. will also use the Denmark talks to propose emissions cuts of 18-percent by 2025 and 32-percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

   The targets are lower than figures proposed by the European Union which has suggested at least a 20-percent cut in emissions by 2020 compared to 1990 levels.

   At least 75 world leaders have confirmed they'll attend the conference aimed at laying the foundation for a treaty to be agreed to next year.



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