The Premier said that because sub-national and local governments together will need to deliver up to 80 per cent of the cuts needed to global greenhouse gas emissions, many cities, states and provinces around the world were already acting on this responsibility.

Rt Hon Tony Blair and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon join key climate negotiators to launch Climate Week NYC

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Rt Hon Tony Blair, and The Climate Group CEO Steve Howard are taking part in the Climate Week NY°C opening ceremony today. Lead climate change negotiators from the U.S., China, India and Denmark - as well as luminaries from business, subnational government, and civil society - will also participate....

NEW YORK - The new report - "Cutting the Cost" - shows how action to cut {CO2} emissions can increase both GDP and employment in all major economies, with global collaboration significantly cutting the cost of climate change mitigation. The report aims to give new confidence to world leaders meeting together at the UN General Assembly meeting tomorrow and at the G20 in Pittsburgh later this week before important negotiations take place at the UN's Copenhagen climate summit in December.

Mark Kenber, International Policy Director of the Climate Group, says: "The survey's findings counter concern - particularly in the US - that climate policies can lead to significant costs to business..."

The Climate Group has launched a ground-breaking LED pilot project in New York City to assess potential of this low carbon technology in curbing urban greenhouse gas pollution and cutting energy costs, while making cities brighter and safer at night.

It will fall to India's state governments to realise India's National Action Plan on Climate Change. The good news, writes Preeti Malhotra, India Director of The Climate Group, is that - from Himachal Pradesh to Maharashtra - India's state governments are already taking action.

Emissions from energy use fell by more than 4 per cent across Australia's eastern states this winter.