G8 eyes climate as summit includes emerging powers

Leaders of the world's richest nations and major developing powers meet on Thursday to seek common ground on global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking concessions.

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Dollar and Yen Weaken as G8 Progresses Jul 09, 2009 5:12AM

The dollar continued to gain overnight against its major counterparts, with EUR/USD trading below important 1.39 and GBP/USD finding it hard to gain above 1.61, after new regulations and plans were introduced yesterday by Alistair Darling, concerning the banks and their survival. Read more

G8 agrees to limit global warming; China, India resist Jul 08, 2009 4:50PM

The G8 agreed on Wednesday to try to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, but it failed to persuade China and India to join a bid to halve world emissions. Read more

G8 commits to reach $15B for world food security Jul 08, 2009 3:47PM

The G8 nations have made a draft declaration on Tuesday to commit $15 billion for world food security over several years for agricultural development in poor countries. Read more

China's Hu abandons G8 as ethnic unrest continues Jul 08, 2009 10:50AM

Banks of paramilitary police fanned out in the far-flung Chinese city of Urumqi on Wednesday to try to stifle unrest days after 156 people were killed in the region's worst ethnic violence in decades. Read more

G8 leaders to get movie star parkas for the storms Jul 08, 2009 10:15AM

Barack Obama dressed like Steve McQueen? Read more

G8 summit to set 2 Celsius global warming goal Jul 08, 2009 10:14AM

G8 leaders were due to agree a goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels at a summit in Italy Wednesday. Read more

Diary of July 8 G8 summit in Italy Jul 08, 2009 10:12AM

The first day of the meeting will group the leaders of the Group of Eight -- United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Russia, Canada and Japan -- plus European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and current EU president Sweden. Read more

G8 focuses on economic recovery first, cost later Jul 08, 2009 10:09AM

Global economic recovery is not yet guaranteed and governments will worry about the bill for heavy stimulus spending once it has succeeded, world leaders are set to say at a summit in Italy. Read more

Analysts' comments on draft G8 statement Jul 08, 2009 10:07AM

Following are analysts' comments on a draft statement drawn up by the Group of Eight at their summit in Italy, covering a range of issues including energy markets and the need for reaching the Doha trade goals. Read more