G8: Leaders lead, politicians talk

G8 leaders can save the planet from catastrophic climate change. With just over 150 days left until a climate rescue plan is agreed at Copenhagen, it is vital leaders take responsibility and break the deadlock plaguing climate talks by making commitments on emissions cuts and finance.  

G8 briefings:

• The G8 Climate Action Checklist
• Staying below 2°C temperature rise
• Why the G8 needs to finance developing country climate action
• Powering G8 job creation while protecting the climate

Related materials:

• False Hope: Why carbon capture and storage won’t save the climate
• Nuclear power – An expensive waste of time
• The energy [r]evolution

Contacts for the media at the G8:

Climate change impacts

Currently Greenpeace has ships in the Arctic and the Pacific documenting the impacts of climate with scientists. For more information on this ground breaking work click on the links above.

For video footage on our climate impacts work: contact Lucy Campbell-Jackson at lucy.campbell.jackson@greenpeace.org or +31 634 738 790

For photos contact John Novis at pdeskint@greenpeace.org or +44 207 865 8230