[QODLink]
Your Views
What did the G8 summit achieve?

George Bush, the US president, has welcomed what he said was "significant progress" on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, despite criticsm that a three-day G8 summit in Japan has failed to set any specific targets or benchmarks for cuts. What do you think the G8 summit achieved? Was the summit just a photo opportunity or was "significant progress" made? What do you think the summit should have focused on and what would you like to have seen it achieve?

Published: 11 Aug 2008 13:40 GMT
Your Views is a place for lively debate and discussion on the issues affecting the world. In order to keep debates informative and accessible for all, we reserve the right to reject any messages which:
1. Are obscene or abusive
2. Make racist, sexist or homophobic comments or personal attacks on other users of the Your Views page
3. Break the law, or encourage others to do so, or are defamatory in breach of copyright or in contempt of court
4. Include personal details of any kind, such as phone numbers, email address or bank details
5. Are clearly advertising something for profit
6. Are impersonating someone else
7. Are irrelevant to the topic being discussed or are being repeatedly posted

Featured on Al Jazeera
More and more people in the US are living in poverty - yet Mitt Romney's policies would further shred the safety net.
The US has more wireless devices than people but without a large increase in bandwidth capacity, networks might crash.
Is Israel being deliberately indecisive on whether or not to support the Syrian opposition?
The contradictions of Obama's policy toward Iran went unnoticed in the US, but not in Iran and Israel, writes Porter.