The G8 agrees to avoid cooking the planet…
… but doesn’t agree on when to turn down the heat. This is Oxfam’s resumé on the freshly released G8 climate change communiqué. Leaders could not improve on last year’s commitment of “a 50% reduction...
View ArticleStalemate in l’Aquila
“Unless the G8 sign up to cut emissions by at least 40% by 2020, developing countries will not commit to emissions targets” – that’s the major point of discussion between developed and developing...
View ArticleWhat next for the G8?
Those hoping the G8 would achieve a breakthrough in Climate negotiations, would only need to look at the history of the G8 to know it is often more like an extended press conference for the G8...
View ArticleClimatico to give a press conference at the G8
The G8 Research Group has invited Climatico to speak at a press conference at 12:00 on Friday 10 July 2009 in Press Room 3 of the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy. Accredited journalists should assemble...
View ArticleWhat if India doesn’t agree?
Ed Miliband hailed the G8 Declaration as a “real breakthrough”. For the first time, it seemed, the ‘Outreach 5′ states were putting aside their differences on international mitigation action and...
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