Reuters- Pledges made so far by governments to cut greenhouse gases are not enough for an effective pact to fight climate change, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in Nanjing, eastern China, just over a week before the start of U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen on Dec. 7, Barroso said, taken as a whole, the proposed curbs were encouraging. However, he said they fell short of the minimum scientists believed was needed to avoid future temperature rises of 2 degrees Celsius or more above the pre-industrial average, which could lead to dangerous climate disruptions. "What I can tell you is that I certainly ask the Chinese and all our partners for the outer limits of their positions," said Barroso.
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