Environment Experts End Global Warming Talks Environment ministers and officials from more than 20 countries have ended four days of informal talks in Greenland on efforts to deal with global warming.
G8 Summit Opens in Scotland The G-8 summit is formally underway in Gleneagles, Scotland, with aid to Africa and climate change topping the agenda.
G8 Negotiations Continue on Africa, Climate Change Officials at the summit in Scotland of the seven leading industrial nations and Russia continue seeking compromise on the top two agenda items of how to fight poverty in Africa and deal with global warming.
Mayors Embrace Goals at UN Environmental Conference Fifty mayors from around the world signed an environmental accord in San Francisco Sunday, which the United Nations had designated World Environment Day.
Nobel Laureates Meet in Jordan to Tackle World's Problems More than two dozen Nobel laureates and other international figures are in the Jordanian city of Petra for a conference focusing on the world's major problems, such as poverty, disease, environment, peace and terrorism.
