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So much is happening today in and around Italy as the G8 meeting is taking place. That is why we are trying out something new here on Green Blog. We will be reporting about all the climate-related news coming from the G8 camp with the help from Twitter.
We will post the latest news on our Twitter channel. We will also display the Twitter updates on our front page as well as updating this blog post.
Will the G8 leaders agree on a strong climate plan and a roadmap to the Copenhagen climate talks? Or will they fail once again? Stay tuned to find out!
UPDATED WITH IMAGES AND VIDEOS FROM DAY 2!
Latest updates displayed first:
Watch: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon criticises G8 climate efforts http://su.pr/6VoTAd
Conclusion: The internet is mainly negative on the subject of g8, according to Google. http://su.pr/1iHfFv
UN S-G : ‘Much more needs to be done if governments are to seal the deal on a new climate agreement’ http://su.pr/9VVJpz
Sign our petition to hold @BarackObama and other #G8 leaders accountable on #climatechange http://bit.ly/g9Ybh
VIDEO: climate campaigner Ben Stewart talks about why he’s living on a coal smokestack during the #G8 http://su.pr/2gSvz5
Greenpeace: Five coal plants occupied by climate activists during G8 Summit http://su.pr/2RYC36
“Progress on #climatechange [at the #G8] was not enough.” UN Sec General Ban Ki-moon
Russia says 80% emissions reduction target by 2050 “unacceptable” http://su.pr/2L2L25
Take 2 painting STUPID on chimney at Brindisi, Italy’s most greenhouse-polluting coal plant. http://twitpic.com/9s4f5
G8 leaders failing to stop climate change http://bit.ly/zjJqL
G8: World leaders fail to agree specific target for climate cuts http://su.pr/2y1Aiz
G8: World leaders fail to agree specific target for climate cuts http://bit.ly/4hTvfy
RT @Greenpeace 35 hours occupying Brindisi. The sly has cleared over the mediterranean sea. We can see Albania from here!
“Only the G8 can agree on absolutely nothing, ignore the most pressing subjects and then claim a major breakthrough” #G8 RT @V_R_
Greenpeace are occupying FIVE coal plants now during the #G8! http://su.pr/2ethbZ
Blogs from activists on coal plants are posted here http://bit.ly/AEoq
Take Action! Ask world leaders to personally attend climate conference: http://su.pr/1O0eWk
This morning 5 climbers scaled Italy’s newest coal power plant near Rome to paint “G8 STOP THIS”
30 hrs @ Brindisi pwr plant. Just chkd out massive greenhse pollution exhausts. http://twitpic.com/9rn0y #G8 #climateaction RT @Greenpeace
BBC: G8 set new global warming targets http://su.pr/1N41Wq
Mount Rushmore banner: “America honors leaders. Not politicians. Stop Global warming.” http://su.pr/4M5qQk
The #G8 summit negotiations to halve global carbon emissions by 2050 have failed! Instead agree on a max 2C degree limit for climate change.
More TreeHugger: Big Climate Change Fail: Major Nations Fail to Agree to 50% Emission Cuts by 2050 http://su.pr/AGRu33
TreeHugger reports: Greenpeace Drapes Poster Over Mount Rushmore to Call for Climate Action http://su.pr/1BIj59
100 Activists Climb Coal Chimneys To Demand G-8 Leaders Get Tough: http://su.pr/9akeBI
Pictures from the G8 Coal Plant Action in Italy today: http://su.pr/6aFTjt
Watch: G8 Coal Plant Action http://su.pr/1kLokl #G8
You-Turn the Earth, a global campaign to let leaders know that we want to stop runaway climate change http://su.pr/3ktrSx
GP have actions going on in Italy with over 100 activists occupying coal power plants + a banner hanging on Mt. #Rushmore #climateaction #G8
Greenpeace is hanging a banner with a message to Obama on Mt Rushmore right now! http://su.pr/2rzliz
The Guardian: Greenpeace activists hijack Italian power stations http://su.pr/1GYWQ4
“a new coal plant at kingsnorth would emit more than the one we’re occupying near venice” http://su.pr/3OMa5o RT @greenpeaceuk
Want to be part of a global community ready to take action to demand action? Become a climate activist: http://su.pr/1g2ld1
#Obama staff say #climate change not caused by fossil fuels. GP leaks doc to press http://su.pr/1NGool Obama then changed #G8 RT @Greenpeace
Want 2 know how the #G8 countries score on #climate? see how #WWF scores them http://su.pr/1DBmjt
“Its the same gridlock we had last year when Bush was president.” http://su.pr/2wZSjP
G8 fails to get emerging powers to agree on climate change goals http://su.pr/2EVPMI
Half of emissions in the atmosphere are from coal. And every g8 country is planning new coal plants RT @greenpeaceuk
G8 emissions pledge is ‘scientifically illiterate’: http://su.pr/30qNfW
Oh my! G8 strip mob from Avaaz: http://su.pr/31wNOM
Watch: G8 Cooking Up the Planet and Spicing it with CO2 http://su.pr/1BLyO4
Greenpeace urges the G8 to ‘heal the world’ http://su.pr/A8rCHa
Greenpeace currently occupying power stations in Italy for L’Aquila summit http://su.pr/2Z1QUf
Greenpeace goes to the G8 http://su.pr/25r6zJ
Take Action! Ask world leaders to personally attend climate conference: http://su.pr/1O0eWk
Major nations have failed to agree to set a goal halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 http://su.pr/1NeVRY
Watch and read about G8 #climateaction as it happens in Italy today http://su.pr/2ethbZ
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Yep ! Talking is basically a synonym of politicians ! They exactly say what we want to hear … at the same time we have to believe in them because we need international collaborations and regulations for avoiding to reproduce the same mistakes …
It is not that easy to establish common ground when there is not really an international legal entity. Plus when you are a leader of a country, you know so many internal issues that you cannot tell and forget while collaborating. Everybody is secretly defending their interests; if there was more real transparency in politics it might be easier for all of us to know where the leaders come from, and to feel involved …
Politics constitute an environment which needs new plans to be credible and efficient … easy to say harder to do ! Oh I could be a great politician 
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