Well all the papers this morning are about the new cold war stand-off between American and Russia over its missile defence system, with Putin retaliating that he might position Russian nuclear weapons towards Europe.
Well nuclear missiles are not the only standoff Putin is involved in at the moment. He also cranked up the tension yesterday […]

A coalition of about 30 U.S. development and environmental NGOs called on President Bush today to stop standing in the way of a landmark deal on climate change at the upcoming G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.
The coalition, which includes Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth U.S., Oxfam America, the Sierra Club, Action Aid USA […]

The upcoming G8 Summit, which formally begins on June 6, is one of the biggest security operations in Germany’s post-war era.
The German government has brought roughly 16,000 police officers and 1,100 soldiers from across the country to Heiligendamm, Germany, a small resort town on the Baltic coast where the Summit will take place. Germany also […]

Another person attending the G8 summit is Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In an interesting political move, he has flatly rejected President Bush’s proposals for parallel global negotiations to combat climate change, insisting that countries come to agreement at the United Nations, and not under US leadership.
“The Brazilian position is clear cut,” Mr […]

As you might expect this week’s blog is going to focus heavily on the G8. We will have reports from Graham at the G8, (see his first one here) as well as all the main news stories relating to climate change – one of the main areas for discussion.
Having blogged for Oil Change for about […]