January 2012: The Green Economy Coalition (GEC) has published an analysis of 18 submissions by governments to the Compilation Document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The report, titled “Green Economy: ‘Everyone’s talking about it,’” aims to enhance understanding of governments' responses to the concept of a green economy.

January 2012: The Green Economy Coalition (GEC) has published an analysis of 18 submissions by governments to the Compilation Document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The report, titled “Green Economy: ‘Everyone’s talking about it,’” aims to enhance understanding of governments' responses to the concept of a green economy.

Drawing on the submissions from 18 government submissions - from Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, the EU, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Africa,  Switzerland, and the US - the analysis attempts to assess the extent to which the concept of green economy is gaining political traction at the global and national level.

19 January 2012: Speaking on the final day of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres summed up the main outcomes of the Durban Climate Change Conference, describing the meeting as the “most encompassing and furthest reaching conference in the history of the climate change negotiations.”

The Daily Climate

ATHENS, Ga. – Diarrhea, cholera and tick-borne illness: As the climate changes, a host of health threats are predicted to escalate, experts say. Temperatures and rainfall will have an "overwhelming" effect on tick-borne disease. Strong winds could spread anthrax. West Nile virus is susceptible to changes in temperature and rainfall.

Программа энергоэффективности и энергосбережения в строительном секторе не входит в планы Министерства энергетики и промышленности Кыргызстана, сообщили Tazabek 9 апреля 2012 года в ведомстве.