Climate

For nearly two decades, the Alliance to Save Energy’s Watergy program has been helping communities in developing countries to overcome water shortages and related unsanitary conditions that affect families, neighborhoods, businesses and schools.   Now is your chance to help us.

On the second day of EE Global 2012 in Orlando, Fla., a panel of experts from the public and private sectors and several international organizations discussed energy efficiency’s role as the First Solution for Sustainable Energy for All. Keynote speaker Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), set the tone of discussion.

In the push to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, all eyes are on the United States and China, the world’s top two energy users and GHG emitters. 

Recognizing that state and local governments possess tremendous potential for leading their nations toward a lower-carbon lifestyle, leaders from cities in the United States and China are working together to compare energy-efficient best practices.

Durban, South Africa, Dec. 11, 2011—Negotiators from 194 countries extended negotiations a full day past deadlines to reach agreement at the 17^th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP17.

Investments from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) led to more than $1.6 billion in economic value added to the economies of 10 east-coast states. The findings come from an Analysis Group report, "The Economic Impacts of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Ten Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States," released Nov. 15, 2011.