Excluding climate change from the upcoming G8 and G20 summits would be a snub to poorer nations, environmentalists said on Monday, urging under pressure host Canada to add it to the agenda. Canada has invited Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa, as well as Colombia, Jamaica and Haiti to a special summit session. "If we invite those people and we don't talk about climate change, it pretty much amounts to a slap in the face because they are bearing the brunt of the impact of climate change," charged Steven Guilbeault of Montreal-based green group Equiterre. "They (the least developed nations) are suffering the most," Guilbeault told a press conference. "For Canada to invite those people and not talk about climate change, not put it on the agenda, and make sure there are some very strong commitments, would be highly hypocritical," he said.

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