The need to safeguard global energy security to promote worldwide economic recovery topped the agenda as energy ministers and officials from the world's richest nations including Saudi Arabia began talks Sunday in Rome, DPA reported. Representatives from the Group of Eight (G8) most developed economies, which include the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia, are also set to discuss new "clean" technologies to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The G8 energy meeting aims to draft a joint energy strategy, which would, then be presented at the main G8 leaders' summit, scheduled to take place in L'Aquila, Italy in July. Issues to be considered include ways to curb harmful climate change as well as boosting energy resources in poorer countries. Energy officials from emerging economies such as Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa are also participating in some of the discussions.
