A two-day meeting of energy and environment ministers from 20 nations opens in London on Tuesday.
The focus will be on curbing climate change through technology rather than binding international agreements.
The British government, which hosts the talks as the current holder of the G8 presidency, may unveil a new domestic initiative on biofuels.
The biofuels initiative is good, but I bet they concentrate on the technological solution of building more nuclear power stations rather than truly innovative stuff like micro-grids or the truly revolutionary move of giving everyone the ability- through solar or mini wind turbines- to reduce their own drain on the power grid.