Climate Change and the G8 group of industrialised nations


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Like these people in Thailand, PowerSwitch! activists across Asia went protesting in the streets to stop the construction of new coal power stations.

03 Jul 2008
Media advisory - G8 Summit 2008 in Hokkaido, Japan
Media Advisory
G8 Summit in Japan, 7-9 July 2008 » Read more

 
Te Apiti wind farm generates energy for up to 45,000 homes.

03 Jul 2008
G8 Climate Scorecards 2008
New research examines the climate performance of G8 nations and five emerging economies, and reveals the G8 countries are lagging behind in the race against climate change. » Read more

 
Rising CO2 levels are due to burning of fossil fuels, such as for electricity at this coal-fired power plant in Australia.

03 Jul 2008
G8 nations lagging in climate change race
None of the leading industrialized nations are currently on target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid the threshold level for unacceptable risk of catastrophic climate change, according to new research into national policies and performance.
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03 Jul 2008
THE RACE IS ON! Graphic for G8 Climate Scorecards 2008
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Drying rice after harvest. Kurihara, Miyagi prefecture, Japan.

01 Jul 2008
Japan in jeopardy as climate impacts get worse
Millions of Japanese citizens, a trillion in economic assets and some of the country’s most iconic natural features are all at serious risk from climate change, says a new report by WWF. » Read more

Contact

Martin Hiller
(Climate Change Programme)
WWF International,
Gland

T: +41 22 3649111 ext 226

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