A leaked copy of a document on climate change being drafted for the G8 summit suggests plans have been watered down.

A version of the communique leaked in May treated climate change as a fact and pledged money to energy projects.

In the new version the words “our world is warming” appear in square brackets, meaning at least one country disagrees, and all financial pledges have gone.

UK Chancellor Gordon Brown said the only version that mattered would be agreed next month at the G8 summit.

He told Sky News: “What actually matters is what the final communique actually says and you will not know what that says until the world leaders actually get together.

Original press release: G8 climate plans ‘watered down’ (BBC)