Climate change high on G8 agenda as Copenhagen Summit draws nearer

Tuesday, 07 July 2009 10:02

As momentum builds towards formulating a fair and effective climate change agreement at the Copenhagen Climate Conference later this year, leaders of the world's developed nations are poised to discuss global warming at the G8 summit in the Italian town of L'Aquila from 8 to 10 July. The G8 summit, which is the last one being held before the Copenhagen meeting in December, will see climate change and food security high on the agenda. The world's poorer nations, which contribute a marginal amount to global greenhouse gas emissions, are disproportionately affected by climate change.

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