Global News November 2010

Tiger summit adopts global recovery program to double tiger numbers, 24 November United Nations Environment Programme, 24 November 2010 topic
135 mayors from around the world sign agreement to address climate change at the World Mayors Summit on Climate in Mexico City, 23 Novemberwmsc2010.org, 23 November 2010 To establish and follow up on their commitments, the pact’s signers will establish their climate actions and progress with the Carbon Cities Climate Registry (CCCR) at the Bonn Centre for Local Climate Action and Reporting (carbonn). The pact was signed by a diverse set of cities around the world, both large and small, from megacities such as Los Angeles, Jakarta, Sao Paolo, Johannesburg, Istanbul and Mexico City, to cities such as Paris, Vancouver and Barcelona – already leaders in developing innovative climate solutions – to small cities such as Burnsville, Minnesota, and Malmo, Sweden, to name just a few. topic
Nations have the chance to deliver almost 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to keep global temperatures under a 2 degrees Celsius rise. But only if the pledges made last year in Copenhagen are fully met. 23 November UNEP Emissions Gap report, as reported by scalaction, 23 November 2010 topic
2009 carbon emissions fall smaller than expected, 21 November bbc.co.uk, 21 November 2010 topic
2010 SEED Awards announced. The Awards, which this year had a special focus on Africa, placed particular emphasis on initiatives from South Africa, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal. This focus was part of a larger project linked with UNEP's Green Economy Initiative and was funded largely by the European Union. 3 November unep.org, 3 November 2010 
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