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 Stories About: G8
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G8 expectations
Global concerts to focus on G8, but not climate change |
Sarah van Schagen |
01 Jul 2005 |
Gristmill |
| With the G8 Summit just days away, pop stars the world over are preparing for marathon concerts tomorrow in each of the eight wealthiest nations in the world. Modeled after the Live Aid concerts 20 years ago (when the likes of U2, David Bowie, and Mick Jagger performed for some 1.5 billion people and helped raise money for Ethiopia's famine), the Live 8 concerts aim to draw attention to and demand action from the leaders gathering at the summit. Unfortunately, h ... |
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| Topics: climate, G8, music (all these topics) |
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Eight Bawl
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15 Apr 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Eight Bawl Environment ministers from the Group of Eight -- the world's industrialized powers -- met over the weekend for a round of talks in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, to be held later this year in Johannesburg, South Africa. Although the issue of climate change was not on the agenda (much to the dismay of some environmental organizations), yesterday's session was dominated by discus ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, G8, politics (all these topics) |
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What Sumatra You?
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06 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| What Sumatra You? The Tesso Nilo forest on Sumatra, Indonesia, contains more biological diversity than the Amazon. It is home to elephants, tigers, gibbons, and tapirs, and a recent survey conducted by scientists from the World Wildlife Fund found as many as 218 vascular plant species in just 0.05 acres. But the entire forest could disappear in less than eight yea ... |
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| Topics: G8, Indonesia, logging, Sumatra, Switzerland, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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