A meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers has officially opened in Iqaluit, in Canada's far north.
On Friday, The trustees of the world's richest nations sat down for a dinner meeting at a hotel restaurant in Iqaluit just 300 kilometers (185 miles) from the Arctic Circle.
G7 finance ministers dine near Arctic Circle
Riz Khan - The role of the ICC
What is the International Criminal Court's impact on conflicts and politics worldwide?
Riz Khan - The role of the ICC
What is the International Criminal Court's impact on conflicts and politics worldwide?
Climate targets 'inadequate'
Goals for fighting climate change set by the world's biggest polluters are inadequate, the United Nations has said. The US, China and the European Union were among 50 nations that met a UN deadline on February 1 to submit pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say those pledges fall short of what is actually needed, and only repeat commitments made before last December's climate summit in Copenhagen. Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports.
Inside Story - Saving the World in Davos?
It has not been a good weekend for bankers as the World Economic Forum in Davos comes to an end. They are now facing the prospect of new, stricter bank regulations. Davos marked its 40th anniversary with the theme "Rethink, Redesign and Rebuild". But exactly how will policy-makers rebuild capitalism? Will the meeting lead to new regulations, and can another global financial crisis be prevented?
Nations miss UN climate deadline
Just 19 countries out of 193 have sent letters of intent to the UN to be part of a global climate change accord, the UN's climate chief says.
Countries met in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December in pursuit of a legally binding deal to follow the Kyoto protocol on limiting global warming.
Unite to change the world, WSF says
The 10th World Social Forum (WSF) has kicked off five days of criticizing capitalism in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Participants want to remind the world that capitalists are exploiting the poor.
IPCC Claims are Melting Away
The grammatical blunder by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has raised skepticism about the credibility of future reports the committee may produce. rts Lauren Lyster talked about the report's error with Pat Michaels, Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute.
