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18 Nov 2009, 12:36 pm by WIMS
Endorsed by G8 leaders, this "50-by-50" goal is among the most aggressive of the 177 emissions reduction scenarios examined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 6:57 am
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the UN General Assembly, "Ever more people are denied food because prices are stubbornly high, because the purchasing power has fallen due to the economic crisis or because rains have failed and reserve stocks of grain have been eaten," he added.As the Economic Times reports, this event followed the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy. [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 1:30 pm
President Discusses Future Financial Regulations in Advance of G20 Earlier today President Obama gave a speech in New York discussing the administration's future plan for greater regulation of the financial markets in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008/2009. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 8:31 am
To generate political will, the United Nations is going to convene a summit meeting on September 22 in New York; we have invited all world leaders, we expect more than 100 world leaders to participate. [read post]
26 Aug 2009, 2:26 am
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights [official website] ruled [judgment text; press release] Tuesday that Italy was negligent in completing an accurate investigation of the death of a protester at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 8:41 am
"He continued, saying, "In the context of the G8 and Major Economies Forum, I see a group of countries considering actions that would allow them to profit from the boom in clean technology. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 8:22 am
In short, the G8 summit represents a tremendous missed opportunity. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 12:00 pm
These numbers represent a four-point increase in confidence in world leaders over how Americans felt at the end of March, following the close of the G20 economic summit. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 8:31 am
Access links to other documents of the G8 Summit 2009 (click here). [read post]
3 Jul 2009, 8:13 am
The Times reports that he warned that Canada and Japan are blocking a possible deal on climate change at the Copenhagen summit. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 8:54 am
Additionally, outside of the UNFCCC process, but intricately linked, the Major Economies had a work meeting from June 22-23 in Mexico City and a "leaders' meeting" and the G8 Summit in Italy, in July 2009. [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 8:14 am
Additionally, outside of the UNFCCC process, but intricately linked, the Major Economies have a work meeting scheduled for June 22-23 in Mexico City and a "leaders' meeting" and the G8 Summit in Italy, in July 2009. [read post]
12 May 2009, 6:21 am
[JURIST] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin [official website; JURIST news archive] said Tuesday that President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso [official websites] will discuss a possible peace treaty between the two nations at a G8 summit in Italy in July. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 11:49 pm
International environmental ministers of G8 + 10 will meet tomorrow in Sicily to try to achieve consensus on climate change. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 8:13 am
The 2009 G8 Summit will be held on the island of La Maddalena, Italy from July 8 to 10. [read post]
26 Dec 2008, 7:26 pm
Economist link Likewise, in 2007, I characterized the G8 summit in these words, "Nero became infamous for fiddling as First Century Rome burned. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 2:00 pm
[JURIST] An Italian court on Thursday acquitted [RAI recorded video, in Italian] 16 police officers and convicted 13 officers on charges of violence in raiding a school that protesters of the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa [official website; BBC backgrounder] were using as headquarters. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 8:17 am
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the leaders of G8 countries closed their recent summit in Hokkaido, Japan by encouraging "the acceleration of negotiations to establish a new international legal framework, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and seek to complete the negotiation by the end of this year. [read post]