Global Change

UK's Brown: G8 Must Not Give Up on Climate Change (Planet Ark)

6 Jul 2008

LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned the G8 against a retreat into isolationism, saying the looming threat to the global economy instead required a speeding up of the fight against climate change and poverty.

Africa: Current Global Crises Demand Decisive Action, Ban Says Ahead of G-8 Summit (AllAfrica.com)

6 Jul 2008

Ahead of next week’s summit of the world’s leading industrialized nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued a call for decisive action to deal with the global food crisis, address climate change and eradicate poverty.

No global climate pact can work without India, China: Bush (Hindustan Times)

6 Jul 2008

No global climate change pact could be fruitful without including India and China, US President George W Bush on Sunday said in Tokyo as leaders from the G-8 nations prepared to thrash out a long-term deal to face global warming.