by Sean Reilly | Jul 8, 2008
The G8 leaders have been criticised today for failing to make a breakthrough in critical climate change talks. Discussions about how to reduce greenhouse gases came on the second day of the summit on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The world’s leaders did little more...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 7, 2008
Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement with over 100 member organizations active worldwide, has issued an open letter to G8 leaders meeting in Hokkaido, Japan, urging them to make renewed efforts toward the disarmament of nuclear weapons. The letter...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 7, 2008
Spiralling food and oil prices dominated the first day of the G8 summit in Japan. The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, arrived at the summit calling for the launch of a ‘global action plan’ to tackle rising food prices. On the eve of the summit, George Bush and the...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 19, 2008
In the run up to the G8 summit in Japan, presidents of nine Catholic Bishops’ Conferences have called on G8 nations to honour their commitments to reduce global poverty and tackle climate change. In a letter to the G8 leaders, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and...