New global poverty estimates confirm China’s leading role in meeting MDGs
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Renewable Energy Surpasses Fossil Fuels Second Year In A Row
Renewable energy topped fossil fuels and nuclear for the second year in a row in the USA and Europe in 2009, according to the Global Wind Energy Association (GWEC).
Renewable energy accounted for 60% of new capacity installed in Europe and over 50% of new capacity in the USA in 2009.UN Puts Price On Biodiversity Loss
By environment reporter Sarah Clarke Updated Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:53pm AEST
Renewables Must Generate 50% Of Global Electricity: IEA
Renewable energies must generate almost half of the world’s power by 2050, up from the current level of 18%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Governments Face Cost Hurdle To Halve CO2 By 2050: IEA
Tom Doggett, Muriel Boselli
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Governments will have to grapple with sharply higher upfront costs to deploy clean energy technologies and halve carbon emissions by 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.
Green Economy Lags, G20 Can Be New Spur – UNEP
Source: Reuters
UN Says Poor Nations On Track To Cut Poverty
By EDITH M. LEDERER (AP)
Jun 23, 2010
Global Arms Spending Tops $1.6T
The Associated Press
Better World Campaign Launches www.UnitedInPeacekeeping.com
Interactive website details how UN Peacekeeping Missions promote American Interests Today, the Better World Campaign announced the launch of www.UnitedInPeacekeeping.com, an innovative new website highlighting active Uni
Solar PV, Wind, and Biofuel Markets Expand by 11.4 Percent to $139.1 Billion in Collective Global Revenues in 2009
Following one of the worst years in economic history, signs of hope have begun to emerge for the clean-tech sector, with clean energy becoming a driving force for global economic recovery from Beijing to Seoul, and Washington D.C.