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The 34th G8 summit is to take place in Toyako, Japan in 2008.

On April 24, 2007, Jiji Press English News Service reported that the Japanese government plans to host the summit in July, 2008.

Leaders at the summit (Tentative)

Permanent

Invited (partial participation)

G8+5 national leaders

Heads of international organizations

Issues

Climate change and sustainable energy dialogue

On March 20, 2007, Agence France Presse reported that Japanese "Prime Minister Abe will ask his cabinet ministers to develop a package of proposals to present to next year's Group of Eight summit of world leaders, which Japan will host. Japanese government ministers will "discuss proposals on a new framework that will ensure participation by the United States and China, the world's largest greenhouse-gas emitters," a foreign ministry official said."

On February 18, 2007, Jiji Press English News Service reported that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated that he will lead discussions of environmental protection and climate change in Heiligendamm, where it will be a major topic. Jiji Press English News Service also reported that "Environmental issues will remain at the fore at next year's G8 summit in Japan, where attendees are seen to discuss how Japan and other advanced nations should achieve their targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions set out in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. A post-Kyoto Protocol framework for tackling global warming will also likely be on the agenda at the 2008 summit among Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States, Abe said."

Africa

On April 16, 2007, Agence France Presse reported that, following a meeting in Tokyo between Italian Prime Minister Prodi (who will host the summit in 2009) and Japanese Prime Minister Abe, Abe stated that "As both our countries will be chairing these summits, cooperation is essential. The issues to be taken up at the G8 summit meeting are long-term issues." Prodi stated that "It is necessary to build a joint policy towards Africa... Africa is developing economically amid globalisation. We have up until now discussed major environmental and human disasters in Africa at our G8 meetings [such as investment]."[1]

On November 18, 2006, a senior official from Germany announced that Germany will not focus on debt relief and increased aid to Africa at the 33rd G8 summit, because the 2005 report of the Commission for Africa left the issue to be taken up again by the Japanese G8 presidency in 2008.[1]

According to a report by Julius Court, of the Overseas Development Institute: "In [2008], Japan will be Chair of the G8 and host the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development — a 5-yearly gathering of African leaders and their development partners. Africa will be in the spotlight again."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Prospective Agenda for the 2008 G8 Hokkaido Summit, G8 Information Centre, published April 30, 2007-04-30, accessed 2007-06-08


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