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IEA says Prospect of limiting the global increase in temperature to 2ºC is getting bleaker
Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history. After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial ...
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What’s going to waste?
In case you didn’t know: In 2011, the world generated an estimated 2 billion tons of Municipal Solid Waste. Although more than 800 ...

Lets not go to waste!
Shouldn't we be doing more about the waste we generate - at home, in our businesses, industries, cities? It's a resource we should be ...

Sustain Ability Showcase Asia - SASA linkedin.com
Sustain Ability Showcase Asia - SASA - the LinkedIn Group, is building on the work of the Asia Pacific consultancy business (established in Singapore in 2010), which acts to promote sustainability in business and in the community, through the application of products, services, processes and people. Established by sustainability leader and climate change communicator Ken Hickson, SASA also publish

Who is going to the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum event?
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/NewsAndEvents/rio_2012/index.html
Rio+20 unglobalcompact.org
The United Nations Global Compact will organize the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation & Collaboration for the Future We Want in Rio de Janeiro – held in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and...

Training Manual on Spatial Analysis of Plant Diversity and Distribution
See web link below
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/training/training_materials/gis_manual.html
Bioversity International: Training Manual on Spatial Analysis of... bioversityinternational.org
A spatial analysis manual based on (free) GIS applications with a focus on diversity and ecological analyses.

World Bank Releases Report on Mitigating Climate Change through Wetlands Restoration climate-l.iisd.org
A new World Bank report on Mitigating Climate Change through Restoration and Management of Coastal Wetlands and Near-shore Marine Ecosystems finds that drainage and degradation of coastal wetlands emit significant amounts of...

Join Beijing's first “Social Enterprise Hub”, for both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations dedicated to social impact.
51Give and 51Sim have created in the heart of Beijing, the first “Social Enterprise Hub”, for both for-profit and not-for-profit, ...
Social enterprise hub sharing offices - beijing slideshare.net
51Give/51Sim – Social Enterprise Hub 51Give and 51Sim have created in the heart of Beijing, the first “Social...

In the Land of Denial, from the NY Times Editorial
"The economic downturn has made addressing climate change less urgent for voters. But the issue is not going away. The nation badly ...
In the Land of Denial on Climate Change nytimes.com
Republican presidential contenders who regard global warming as a hoax do not offer the leadership that the nation needs to address climate change.

The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the provisional annotated agendas for 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17), the ...
UNFCCC Publishes Agendas for Durban climate-l.iisd.org
The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the provisional annotated agendas for COP 17, COP/MOP 7, SBI 35 and SBSTA 35, which will take place in Durban, South Africa,from 28 November to 9 December 2011. The Secretariat has also...

The report aims to provide potential REDD+ donors with an analysis of a number of factors to take into account in investment decisions. Focus lies on issues especially relevant for public donors such as governments, and less for private investors.
