Cracks on climate as G8 leaders meet in Germany
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Leaders from the world's major industrialized nations will try to paper over deep divisions on global warming and a range of foreign policy issues when they meet on the Baltic coast this week for a G8 summit.
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LONDON -- The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree to tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to next month's meeting.
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Germany's Angela Merkel faces difficult G8 talks amid rows over missile defence and climate change goals.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.
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Climate change is a global problem that requires unity and "multilateral" agreements if it is to be defeated, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday
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Germany saw fresh clashes Monday between  protesters and police ahead of this week&#39;s G8 summit as anti-globalisation activists fought to keep their cause from being hijacked by a violent minority.
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Delegates from the world's top polluting nations are meeting in Washington to discuss tackling climate change.
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Top diplomats from 46 countries in Asia and Europe meet in Germany from Monday for talks ranging from the Darfur conflict and the North Korean and Iranian nuclear crises to global warming.
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Just days before hosting a Group of Eight summit that has already drawn violent protests, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday described President Bush's new initiative on global warming as "very welcome," but insisted it must fall within the framework of United Nations treaty negotiations.
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US President Bush and other G8 leaders are in Germany for a summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 5 (IPS) - As a guest at the G8 summit this week in Germany,  Brazilian President Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva will present  arguments to convince the leaders of the world's eight  richest countries of the importance of biofuels in the fight  against global warming.
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A summit of rich nations this week could pave the way for a world deal on global warming even if Washington opposes German calls for an agreement to slash emissions now, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Monday.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Group of Eight leaders seeking to focus on climate change and Africa at their summit this week may find it hard not to be distracted by the Russian bear glowering in the room.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Major developing nations pledged to do an unspecified "fair share" to fight climate change on Friday after a summit with G8 leaders during which President George W. Bush appealed for their help.
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Leaders from the main industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russia tensions.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the world's major powers gather on Germany's Baltic coast on Wednesday for a G8 summit likely to be dominated by U.S.-Russia tensions and wrangling over global warming.
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Berlin- A deal on cutting carbon emissions will be the first of a series of difficult steps for European Union nations in the fight to tackle global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned in a ...Comment