Bloomberg: Environment ministers from the Group of Eight nations and nine other countries will meet in Japan this month to speed the crafting of a successor to the United Nations’ climate treaty, which expires in 2012. Japan’s Environment Ministry today unveiled a discussion paper for the three-day meeting, to focus on climate change and biodiversity, starting May 24 in the western city of Kobe. “The objective of the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting is to build momentum toward the …