Big polluters discuss financing help for poorer countries to deal with climate changeL’AQUILA, Italy — The world’s major polluters say they want to give poor countries more help in combatting global warming. G-8 Delegates: President Obama to present $15 billion food initiative for world’s farmersL’AQUILA, Italy — World leaders met Friday with African nations before an expected announcement of a new food security proposal that represents a fundamental shift in the way the West tackles world hunger, taking wisdom from the old proverb about teaching a man to fish. UK PM Brown to provide blueprint for Obama’s nuclear non-proliferation summitL’AQUILA, Italy — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he will soon propose sweeping changes to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that would require states suspected of seeking to build nuclear weapons to prove that they are not. Summit Draft: G8/ G5 agree not to use currency to gain competitive advantageL’AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing nations meeting here have agreed not to resort to currency devaluation to gain a competitive advantage — while shying away from any discussion of the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency. Summit Draft: G8-G5 agree not to use currency to gain competitive advantageL’AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing nations agreed not to use currency devaluation to gain a competitive advantage over each other by making their exported goods cheaper, according to draft summit conclusions obtained by The Associated Press. UN chief rebukes G8 over failing to curb emissions soon, provide funds for poor for warmingL’AQUILA, Italy — The U.N. chief sharply rebuked the Group of Eight leaders on Thursday for failing to make more commitments to reducing climate change in the near term, saying they must do so if the heavily polluting developing world is to follow suit. G8 draft: Rich and developing countries want to restart stalled trade world trade talksL’AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing nations want to finally seal a long-delayed world trade deal next year and head off trade wars that could hit world economies as they struggle to emerge from recession, according to a draft of a joint declaration obtained by The Associated Press. Summit draft: Rich and developing countries seek to conclude Doha trade agreement in 2010L’AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of developed and developing nations meeting in the quake-ravaged city of L’Aquila are seeking agreement to wrap up stalled trade talks in 2010 and head off protectionist policies. Brazil’s presidential gift to Obama is bittersweet reminder of US team’s loss in soccer match
Michelle Obama and other first spouses tour quake-hit Italian city hosting G-8 summitL’AQUILA, Italy — Michelle Obama and other first spouses toured the center of L’Aquila on Thursday to see the destruction wrought by an earthquake in the Italian city hosting world leaders for the Group of Eight summit this week. UN chief rebukes G8 for ommiting near-term emissions targets, financing in climate discussions
G8 opens to developing market economies seeking to increase trade
Obama seeks momentum for climate change deal, but richer, developing nations remain dividedL’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama says the global recession makes it harder to strike an international climate agreement but that leaders must “fight the temptation toward cynicism” and press forward. Obama, other G-8 leaders invite 5 emerging nations to Italian summit on climate change, tradeL’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is in Italy, midway through the three-day G-8 economic summit that is heavily focused on climate change and world trade. PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama’s pledge at G-8 on climate change relies on politics back homeWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made the world his boldest promise yet Wednesday in the battle to slow the heating of the planet, committing the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent by mid-century. US needs Congress to deliver on promise made at G-8 to slash global warming gasesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made the world his boldest promise yet Wednesday in the battle to slow the heating of the planet, committing the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent by mid-century. G-8 strongly condemns North Korea’s nuclear test and ballistic missile launchL’AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders have condemned “in the strongest terms” North Korea’s nuclear test and ballistic missile launches. Obama, other world leaders pledge to cut global warming gases, limit temperature riseL’AQUILA, Italy — Targeting global warming, President Barack Obama and other leaders of the world’s richest industrial countries pledged Wednesday to seek dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to slow dangerous climate change. Setting a marker for success, they agreed for the first time that worldwide temperatures must not rise more than a few degrees. G-8 deplores violence in the aftermath of Iran’s electionL’AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders said Wednesday that they deplored the violence in the aftermath of Iran’s disputed election last month, but added they remained committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to Iran’s contentious nuclear program. Analysis: Agreement to limit warming sounds easy but means dramatic lifestyle changesLeaders of the world’s biggest — and dirtiest — economies have agreed for the first time to limit the warming of the earth to a relatively safe 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) — an important target in fighting climate change. G8 calls for investment in agriculture as way to fight world hungerL’AQUILA, Rome — World leaders at the Group of Eight summit say they want to promote investment in agriculture as a way of combating hunger in the face of the economic crisis. Michelle Obama gets glimpse and taste of the Eternal City; daughters eat gelatoROME — As Michelle Obama had lunch on a terrace with a breathtaking view of ancient Rome Wednesday, her daughters made and then ate blackberry and banana gelato at the Italian capital’s most famous ice cream parlor. G8: increase in global temperatures shouldn’t exceed 2 degrees C in global warming statementL’AQUILA, Italy — The Group of Eight industrialized nations joined with developing countries in agreeing Wednesday that average global temperatures shouldn’t increase by more than 2 degrees Celsius in a significant new acknowledgement in the fight against global warming. Obama, G-8 leaders agree on 2-degree Celsius target on global warmingL’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama joined other leaders of the industrialized world Wednesday in backing new targets for battling global warming. But the wealthy nations were unable to persuade leaders of developing countries to commit to reductions of their own, and their cooperation is critical to avoiding the worst effects of climate change. G8 says goal is to limit increase in global temperatures to 2 degrees CelsiusL’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama and other leaders at the Group of Eight summit have struck a new agreement on fighting global warming. G-8 leaders focus on need for stimulus, say “significant risks” remain for world economyL’AQUILA, Italy — World leaders agreed Wednesday that the global economy remains too shaky to begin rolling back massive stimulus measures right now. They also set a key goal in the fight against global warming, saying temperatures shouldn’t increase more than 2 degrees Celsius. Draft: G-8 leaders to push for a balanced and ambitious conclusion to the Doha roundL’AQUILA, Rome — World leaders will call for a “balanced, comprehensive and ambitious conclusion” to the Doha round of trade talks as they pledge to help developing countries through the economic crisis. G8, poor nations fail to agree on ambitious climate goal halving emissions by 2050L’AQUILA, Italy — The Group of Eight industrialized economies failed to reach agreement with developing nations Wednesday over the goal of halving levels of heat-trapping carbon emissions in four decades, according to officials following the talks. Protesters climb smokestacks, stage climate change protests as G-8 summit starts in ItalyROME — Environmentalists broke into power stations across Italy and shed their clothes in downtown Rome on Wednesday as world leaders discussed a new deal to combat global warming. In Obama praise for Italy’s ceremonial leader, a swipe at host Berlusconi?ROME — President Barack Obama heaped lavish praise on Italy’s largely ceremonial president Wednesday, lauding his “integrity” and describing him as a “great leader.” |
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