The Italian government has caught scientists off guard by cancelling the G8 science and technology meeting that was to have begun on 25 June.rnThe 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.rnIt was one of ten ministerial meetings to prepare for the main G8 summit, in L'Aquila, Italy, in July. The summit is now left without a formal mechanism for introducing science input.
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