Juliette Jowit

Modern businesses are fast becoming

UNITED Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is stepping in to give climate change negotiations push in the right direction. The UN chief will be setting up a high-level advisory panel, which will not focus on the day-to-day nitty gritty of the negotiations, but on the reasons which make a global deal an imperative.

Researchers and regulators need to keep up with the changing risks, and share information, says Arne Jernelöv, as tanker spills decline and pipeline leaks and blowouts become more of a concern.

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New Delhi has been named among the top four global cities at the inauguration of Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was appreciated for her charismatic and determined leadership to improve the living environment of the national Capital.

The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for June 2010 was the warmest on record at 16.2

In  this paper Greenpeace illustrates proven, modern farming approaches that help cope with drought using ecological farming. Elaborates on the drought-resistant crop varieties and calls for policy makers to increase funds for research on the system.

This new UNEP report focuses on the global trends in sustainable energy investment, covering both the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.

The World Trade Report 2010 focuses on trade in natural resources, such as fuels, forestry, mining and fisheries. The Report examines the characteristics of trade in natural resources, the policy choices available to governments and the role of international cooperation, particularly of the WTO, in the proper management of trade in this sector.

This report aims to explain to governments, decision makers and disaster professionals the potential uses of geoinformation technologies for reducing disaster risks and losses, based on the knowledge and experience of experts in these fields. It covers all regions of the world and all aspects of disaster risk and its management.

This publication synthesizes information on IUCN

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