The G8 summit may not lead to the results climate activists have longed for. German Chancellor Merkel said last Friday expectations are due to be disappointed. The G8 member states have not agreed yet on definite statements and numbers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“The G8 nations have politically less in common than the EU member states”, Merkel said, explaining why according to her opinion it has been easier to define emission reduction fot the European Union during the summit in Mach. A common understanding is yet to be developed, the stateswoman said. “I am not sure we will achieve this in Heiligendamm”. The groups preparing the summit in the beginning of June on the German coast have not been able to negotiate a final document. Regarding climate change observers say a lot of the paper has not been agreed upon. If this is not improving, the politicians themselves will have to find the right words during their meeting. There are no signs the G8 summit will be a victory march, however Japan – a G8 member – proposed to half the world emissions of today by 2050. The German government want to achieve the same - but from the point of the world emissions of 1990.