" The contents of the Declaration on Development and Africa are the same we have already heard in previous summits in Gleneagles and . And while the leaders make us live a deja vu, meanwhile the overall situation is much worse . People who are hungry are more than a billion, Africa continues to remain a continent adrift. But what shocked this text is that it ignores an unprecedented financial crisis with dire consequences for the poorest countries. The G8 needs to be concrete and credible : I think this is due above all to the people of Abruzzo, which until now, as the countries of the South, has received only low-cost solidarity and reassurance. " This commentary issued by Sergio Marelli, spokesman for the Italian Coalition Against Poverty at the end of the first day of the G8.
"The objectives set out in today's statement on climate change - a reduction of '80% by 2050 of greenhouse gases by industrialized countries - are important but insufficient to address and contain within 2 degrees Celsius temperature increase because devoid of any medium-term objective to allow monitoring of progress will be fulfilled - such as reduction of 30-40% by 2020. So Laura Ciacci, spokesman Italian Coalition Against Poverty, said the statement today's climate made by the G8.
Read the press releases of international GCAP statement on the G8 leaders:
- on responses to climate change
- on responses to the global crisis and poverty
More information available at the site GCAP International: www.whiteband.org
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