Memo: Commissioner Wallström at meeting of G8 Environment Ministers (Trieste, 2-4 March 2001)

On 2-4.3.01, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Margot Wallström attended the meeting of G8 Environment Ministers in Trieste. Items for discussion included: climate change, notably preparations for the resumed Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention in Bonn in July 2001, which should pave the way for the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol; preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) that will take place in Johannesburg in the summer of 2002; and, health and environment, including children's health. This meeting also provided an opportunity for bilateral contacts with other G8 partners.