Below you will find a summary of the events happening around the G8 Summit in 2008.
If you have events you would like to add, please contact us. To see more information about these events and other campaigning events throughout the year, please visit our Campaigner's Calendar.
| January 2008 | ||
| 1 | Start of "Global Plan of Action on Workers Health" Global Forum | |
| 1 | TICAD - G8 Relevant Ministerial - Gabon | |
| 1 | Japan's G8 Presidency begins | |
| 15 | 17 | WHO Conference |
| 22 | 23 | GUAP HIV/AIDS Advisorty Committee Meeting |
| 23 | 27 | World Economic Forum, Japan will announce G8 Agenda - Davos |
| 24 | HIV/AIDS - GUAP Baseline Survey Consultation | |
| 28 | UN CSD Europe and North America RIM | |
| February 2008 | ||
| 9 | Kyoto Protocol | |
| 16 | Global Health Summit, Japan | |
| G7 Finance Ministers mtg | ||
| March 2008 | ||
| 8 | International Women's Day | |
| 14 | 16 | G20 meeting - Climate Change and Sustainable Development - Chiba |
| 14 | TUAC/OECD LMP "Trade Union Next Steps on Climate Change" - Paris | |
| 24 | 27 | ITF Central Asia and East Europe Regional AIDS Workshop - Kiev |
| 28 | GU+ILO+WHO Who Global Plan of Action on Workers Health" Provisional | |
| G8 Sherpa Meeting | ||
| Japnanese Diet approves budget FY2008 | ||
| April 2008 | ||
| 5 | 6 | G8 Development Ministers Meeting - Tokyo |
| 10 | G8 Health Experts Meeting | |
| 28 | International Commoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers | |
| Africa Partnership Forum in Japan | ||
| OECD DAC Aid Figures announced | ||
| GCE Global Week of Action | ||
| May 2008 | ||
| 5 | 16 | UN Commission on Sustainable Development CSD |
| 9 | 24 | 61st World Assembly - WHO |
| 11 | 13 | G8 Labour Ministers Meeting - Niigata |
| 18 | Global Week of Action on HIV/AIDS | |
| 25 | 27 | G8 Environment Ministers Meeting - Kobe |
| 28 | 30 | 4th TICAD Conference - Yokohama |
| G8 Sherpa Meeting | ||
| June 2008 | ||
| 1 | G8 Environment Ministers Meeting - Amori | |
| 11 | 13 | G8 Summit - Justice and Home Affairs Ministers Meeting - Tokyo |
| 12 | Anti Child Labour Day | |
| 13 | 14 | G8 Finance Ministers Meeting - Osaka |
| 16 | African Child Day | |
| 26 | 27 | G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting - Kyoto |
| 29 | 02-Jul | XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health - Korea |
| UNGASS Review - New York | ||
| AU Summit | ||
| July 2008 | ||
| 7 | 9 | G8 Summit - Toyako |
| August 2008 | ||
| 3 | 8 | XVII International AIDS Conference - Mexico City |