The European Commission will push members of the Group of Eight industrialized countries to equal the European Union's commitment to fighting global warming when the G8 summit opens in July in the hot-spring resort of Toyako, Hokkaido, a senior EC official said. Joao Vale de Almeida Claiming the EU has set an ambitious goal on climate change, Joao Vale de Almeida, a G8 summit "sherpa," or personal representative of the EC president, said he will call on other members to take their share of responsibility. "No one can win this fight alone," Vale de Almeida said in an interview with The Japan Times. "We need a collective effort by the international community. Nothing will happen without clear leadership by the G8 countries." Last year, EU leaders agreed to cut 20 percent of emissions by 2020 compared with 1990 levels and may increase this to 30 percent if other industrialized countries agree to follow suit. In January, the EU unveiled an action plan to carry out this goal, including increasing the use of renewable energy to 20 percent. "Science tells us that if we don't act now, we will be in trouble," Vale de Almeida said. "On the economic side, action later is more costly than action now." According to the EC, the proposed measures will cost consumers about 3 euro (