Climate Action - Assisting business towards carbon neutrality

SciDev.Net Tests on a tool to help policymakers assess the impact of bioenergy development on food security have begun in developing countries.

Commonwealth Environment Ministers have called for establishing demonstration projects and partnerships that deliver innovative financing in order to urgently stop the destruction of forests in member countries.

Reuters via Planet Ark  Japan's first commercial plant to produce ethanol for cars to reach full capacity by March 2009.

Reuters via Planet Ark Setting targets for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions is not the only solution to global warming said an advisor to Japan's government.

(SustainableBusiness) China bans production of ultra-thin plastic bags and forbids supermarkets and shops from handing them out freely.

(Globe-Net) Tata Motors, the largest and oldest automotive manufacturer in India, revealed its much anticipated "people’s car", the lowest priced four-wheeled car ever built. 

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A new report shows how cities can boost investment and help address climate change.

(ENN) Japan wants to involve China and the United States in talks over a new pact on climate change by launching a working group that will bring together all countries, including the major emitters that oppose existing plans.

(ENN) China is scathing about industrialised countries’ efforts to help developing nations cut emissions.