As of: July 2009

G8 - Meeting of Environment Ministers

Strength entails responsibility. The goal of the Group of Eight (G8) is to assume this responsibility jointly. The G8 consists of the United States, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Canada and, since 1998, Russia. Since 1977, the EU Commission has also been sending its own delegation to the G8 Summits. The environment has long been an integral part of the G8 policy agenda. The focus has traditionally been on current issues such as climate policy, biodiversity, forest protection, marine protection and the fight against environmental crime, but in particular on current economically relevant topics. In addition to the annual summits of the heads of state and government, the environment ministers of the G8 met at irregular intervals over the past years to discuss key environmental topics.

Sector	Date	Title / Heading
General Information	Aug. 2010	G8 - the Group of Eight
Hintergrund	Juli 2009	The G8 Meeting of Environment Ministers under the Italian Presidency (German only)
Background	Aug. 2008	G8 Summit 2008 All documents
Background	Sep. 2007	Facts on biodiversity
Hintergrund	09.07.2007	BMU background paper on the outcomes of the G8 Summit at Heiligendamm Great progress in UN climate negotiations at meeting of G8 heads of state and government at Heiligendamm (German only)
Press Release	07.06.2007	G8 Summit strengthens the UN climate process Environmental Minister Sigmar Gabriel: "Bali meeting will be the litmus test for the seriousness of the agreements reached in Heiligendamm"
Press Release	17.03.2007	Gabriel: A good signal for the G8 summit in Heiligendamm Environment ministers agree on a Potsdam Initiative on biological diversity and identify a common base for climate protection
Pressemitteilung	15.03.2007	Sigmar Gabriel opens G8 Meeting of Environment Ministers Representatives of major industrialising countries participate for the first time (German only)
Hintergrund	März 2007	G8 Meeting of Environment Ministers (German only)
Download	March 2007	Potsdam Initiative – Biological Diversity 2010
Conclusions	March 2007	G8 Environment Ministers Meeting: Potsdam Chair’s conclusions
Pressemitteilung	24.03.2006	Michael Müller: "Resource protection must become the focus of energy policy" G8 conference discussed the strengthening of environmental protection and safety of installations with regard to the energy sector (German only)
Hintergrund	Juli 2005	Communiqué of the G8 Summit: Climate change, clean energy and sustainable development (Gleneagles, Scotland, 8 July 2005) (German only)
Hintergrund	März 2005	Communiqué of the G8 Meeting of Environment and Development Ministers (Derbyshire, GB, 18 March 2005)