EU Commission to set tougher CO2 standards for vans
Reuters | 14 Jun 2012
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is set to propose tighter CO2 emissions standards for vans, as part of a wider legislative push to reduce emissions from road transport and cut fuel bills, a draft regulation showed.
 Climate Change

Africa: African Govts Urged to Support Unhindered Reporting on Global Warming
AllAfrica.com | 14 Jun 2012
[allAfrica.com] Brazzaville - Ahead of the Rio+20 conference in Brazil next week, African journalists have called on governments to allow them to report independently on issues related to global warming.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

Africa: Water Security and Climate Change in Africa
AllAfrica.com | 14 Jun 2012
[ISS] The problem of climate change is very real and will probably not go away during this century or this millennium. In approaching the problem of climate change the question to be asked is not what is causing climate change (human insouciance, solar activity or some other cause) but what should we be doing to mitigate its effects.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

Sustainable forest management by indigenous peoples and local communities
feedproxy.google.com | 14 Jun 2012
This report evaluates the progress achieved in forest management by indigenous people and local communities, which was set as a key objective at the 1992 ...
 Climate Change and Development

Rio and China's global future
chinadialogue.net | 14 Jun 2012
Our abject failures since the last Rio summit are no surprise given the binds of global politics, writes Zheng Yisheng. For real change, we need a new, cooperative world, and China is key to building it.We have a common predicament, and solving it requires humanity to work together. But state...
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