Members of the G8 have just signed a deal to extend the 2002 deal to reduce the loss of biodiversity. They also negotiated on climate change, in preparation for the upcoming global meeting to develop a follow-on to the Kyoto accords.
The G8 meeting grouped for the first time nine developing economies, including Brazil, India and China -- by some calculations the world's largest carbon producer -- in an effort to forge a worldwide consensus.
Obama has pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, overturning his predecessor George W. Bush's refusal to take part in the Kyoto deal, but U.N. officials have called for more.
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