WN Network Kyoto Globe
Kyoto Globe
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
Breaking News Tue, 8 Jul 2008
G8-Gipfel: Initiative fr bezahlbare Lebensmittel starten
Economy   G8   Inflation   Nuclear   Photos   Slideshow  
 Inquirer 
Key agreements at G8 summit
| TOYAKO -- Leaders of the Group of Eight major powers on Tuesday found common ground on climate change, the global economy and a host of political crises at a summit in Japan. | Here are some of the ... (photo: Foto: REGIERUNGonline/Bergmann)
ConocoPhillips Los Angeles Refinery in operation Thursday, July 6, 2006.
Energy   Food   G8   Oil   Photos  
 The Australian 
G8 summiteers agree on joint action to curb oil prices
| THE G8 leaders have agreed the big industrial economies will co-operate more closely in efforts to curb soaring oil prices, calling the huge recent rises in energy and food costs a "serious challeng... (photo: AP / Ric Francis)
 Geneticist JoAnn Lamb evaluates different genetic sources of alfalfa to identify plant traits that would increase growth and enhance the conversion of plant tissues into biofuel.  The Australian 
EU alert on biofuel targets
| THE European Parliament has called for the European Union to lower its targets for developing biofuels, which are thought to be driving up food prices. | The environment committee of the European bl... (photo: UDSA / Keith Weller)
Biofuel   EU   Food   Inflation   Photos  
airplane  The Daily Mail 
Air fares set for dramatic rise under EU emissions scheme
| The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a proposal to include airlines in the bloc's strategy to cut carbon dioxide emissions - a move that could dramatically raise the cost of air travel and pr... (photo: WN / myrna doldol)
Airlines   Emissions   Europe   Parliament   Photos  
Top Stories
NEAuto Show 08 Accord Canada Dot Com
Honda rolls latest fuel-cell car off assembly line
| Reuters  Published: Monday, June 16, 2008 | Change font size | Story tools presented by try{ var arr_da = document.getElementById('ad-leaderboard').getElementsByTagNa... (photo: Public Domain / Bavaria II)
Cars   Entertainment   Industry   Money   Photos  
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the delegates at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) Innovation Edge conference in London, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Ananova
PM hails 'major progress' at summit
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed "major progress" at the G8 summit, after world leaders meeting in Japan agreed on a carbon emissions target and for extra aid to Afri... (photo: (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool) / )
Brown   G8   Photos   Politics   UK  
The Star
G8 papers over differences on climate change
| TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - G8 nations, papering over deep differences, said on Tuesday they would work toward a target of at least halving global greenhouse gas emission... (photo: WN - Jacques Fritsch / Jacques Fritsch)
Climate   Ecology   Environment   Photos   Science  
 Silvio Berlusconi ABC News
G-8 Endorses Halving Global Emissions by 2050
By JOSEPH COLEMAN Associated Press Writer | RUSUTSU, Japan July 8, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press | FONT SIZE | From left to right, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusco... (photo: Europa Photo)
Berlusconi   G8   Italy   Japan   Photos   Slideshow  
G8-Gipfel auf Hokkaido The Boston Globe
Bush, Merkel meet at summit
| TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany pledged today to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching... (photo: REGIERUNGonline / Steins )
Bush   G8   Japan   Merkel   Photos  
 The G8 leaders pose of a photograph at Konstantinvosky Palace in Strelna, Russia, Sunday, July 16, 2006. From left, they are: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; British Prime Minister Tony Blair; French President Jacque Belfast Telegraph
G8 leaders agree to halve emissions by 2050
The leaders of the world's largest industrialised nations have agreed to a global target of halving CO2 emissions by 2050. | The agreement was reached during all-night ta... (photo: White House/Paul Morse )
Emissions   Leaders   Photos   Slideshow   Talks   World  
G8-Gipfel auf Hokkaido Fresno Bee
G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050
| RUSUTSU, Japan (AP) The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle ... (photo: REGIERUNGonline / Steins )
Emissions   G8   Global Warming   Japan   Photos  
N.America Europe S.America Pacific Africa Asia
Changing Climate
Deep Freeze
Earth Destruction
emissions trading
environment
Forestry News
Global Warming
Major Health Risks
MARPOL
Mercantile Power
Nature News
New Ecologist
nuclear waste
Ozone Globe
Pollution
Recycling Globe
Refineries
Steel
Waste Disposal
North America South America
- White House in climate 'cover up'
- White House in climate change "cover up" - Sen Box
- Key agreements at G8 summit
- G-8: Nations must share CO2 goal / Major powers ask parties
- A relentless war for the looks territory
- George Bush falls in line on climate challenge
G8-Gipfel: Initiative fr bezahlbare Lebensmittel starten
Key agreements at G8 summit
more
- Foreign scribes share expectations
- Elizabeth Yeaman: Every little drop helps planet
- Argentine military to protect environment, Antarctica
- G8: Biofuels turn up heat on food prices
- G8 leaders seek common ground on biofuels
- High Energy Prices Drive Innovation
Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Presidentes Cristina Kirchner e Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, antes de reunio bilateral
Argentine military to protect environment, Antarctica
more
Oceania Europe
- Elizabeth Yeaman: Every little drop helps planet
- George Bush falls in line on climate challenge
- MPs urge Nelson to lead on carbon
- Argentine military to protect environment, Antarctica
- G8 agrees on 'vision' to halve emissions by 2050
- Back to the good old days
A member of international relief group Oxfam dressed as US President George W. bush displays balloons representing the amount of carbon his country emits per capita during a performance in Sapporo on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The G8 leaders from the United States, Japan, Russia, France, Britain, Canada, Italy and Germany are holding their three-day summit to discuss about global warming and food and oil crisis in the lakeside resort of To
George Bush falls in line on climate challenge
more
- G8: Fightback keeps promise for aid to Africa
- High-speed trains seize short-haul market as fuel cost cripp
- Key agreements at G8 summit
- G8 summiteers agree on joint action to curb oil prices
- Biofuels - Savior or Culprit - Debate Goes On
- G-8 promises to halve emissions by 2050
G8-Gipfel: Initiative fr bezahlbare Lebensmittel starten
Key agreements at G8 summit
more
Asia Africa
- Key agreements at G8 summit
- Where is our crisis plan?
- RP coral reefs to shine in San Francisco
- A relentless war for the looks territory
- G8 summiteers agree on joint action to curb oil prices
- George Bush falls in line on climate challenge
G8-Gipfel: Initiative fr bezahlbare Lebensmittel starten
Key agreements at G8 summit
more
- Partisanship contaminates military, too - academic
- G8: Fightback keeps promise for aid to Africa
- Key agreements at G8 summit
- Foreign scribes share expectations
- Madain Saleh on Unesco list
- G8 Leaders Agree on Halving Emissions by 2050
G8-Gipfel: Initiative fr bezahlbare Lebensmittel starten
Key agreements at G8 summit
more