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Published online 24 June 2009 | Nature 459, 1041 (2009) | doi:10.1038/4591041a

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G8 cancels science parley

Science ministers will no longer meet before main summit.

The Italian government has caught scientists off guard by cancelling the G8 science and technology meeting that was to have begun on 25 June.

The meeting would have brought together science ministers of the G8 nations to discuss issues such as how to monitor climate change and maintain environment-friendly energy supplies.

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