The G8 played down the effects of biofuels on food inflation 'like discussing the Titanic but not mentioning the iceberg.'
G8 Summit 2008
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This July the eight richest countries – the G8 – met in Japan to talk about global poverty and climate change. But in the end this summit did not deliver the breakthroughs that are so urgently needed.
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9 June 2009
Eight women from poor countries around the world, uniting as the “W8”, today demanded that G8 leaders take action to prevent the deaths of half a million women every year in childbirth.
20 April 2009
Political leaders have admitted that they will probably fail to deliver on promises to halve world hunger by 2015
9 July 2008
The G8 played down the effects of biofuels on food inflation 'like discussing the Titanic but not mentioning the iceberg.'
7 July 2008
Unless the G8 leaders agree to immediate action and medium-term targets for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, any long-term promises will be unattainable.
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Food, poverty and climate change: an agenda for rich-country leaders
13 June 2008
