Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, and The Climate Group today officially signed the partnership agreement for the second edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Efficiency Forum (EEF), which will take place in Monaco on May 10 and 11, 2011.

Updates to The Garnaut Climate Change Review analyze developments across climate science, international progress towards a global response, emission trends, low carbon technology and innovation, land use, carbon pricing and other policies for reducing emissions.

Sandra Roling and Luc Bas, from the Brussels office of The Climate Group analyze Roadmap 2050. Download the key messages and analysis.

The Climate Group kicked off the new China Redesign program on March 28 in Beijing, with the Rt Hon Tony Blair and Jiang zhaoli, Director of National Policy & Convention Division, Department of Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, as well as government officials and a suite of influential business leaders.

The Climate Group has launched a new program, China Redesign, to help China’s cities develop and implement low carbon growth strategies. The Climate Group will work with five cities to develop and implement a low carbon growth plan over the next three years, unlocking large economic opportunities.

Last week the UK's coalition government delivered its first full budget since coming to power. While there were some green aspects to the Chancellor's package of measures, the government needs to go much further much faster, if it wishes the UK to lead the Clean Revolution and seize the low carbon opportunities that will chacterize the coming decade. Thurstan Wright, Policy Analyst, The Climate Group, analyzes the Budget 2011.

Rupert Posner, Global Director of Energy, The Climate Group, writes a blog for Global CCS Institute looking at the focus of China’s 12th Five Year Plan on continuing China's Clean Revolution with significant low-carbon energy, energy efficiency and clean technology targets, and what it means for CCS.

Our latest report shows that if India prioritizes bold low carbon policies and invests in clean energy now, it will create a better, more secure, and more prosperous future for its more than one billion people.

En+ Group, one of Russia's leading diversified mining, metals and energy groups, has joined The Climate Group to help build climate change leadership and tackle other environmental issues through support of core programs, focusing on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial centers in Asia.

The UK’s draft Carbon Plan, launched by the UK Prime Minister Rt Hon David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Rt Hon Nick Clegg yesterday, sets out binding deadlines for cross-departmental action to cut government emissions and ensure the coalition can meet its ambition of being the ‘greenest government ever’.

The EU-Commission’s 2050 Roadmap which was published this week, points out the correct challenges but the Energy Efficiency Plan doesn’t sufficiently answer, at a crucial time when we should be safeguarding Europe's low carbon economy competitiveness as emerging economies such as China and India lead the way.

A new report by The Climate Group (commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence) says the Chinese government’s decision to put a ‘clean industrial revolution’ at the heart of the nation’s 12th Five Year Plan will deliver real carbon savings and ensure China is seen to be “pulling its weight” on international climate targets.

The finance minister has announced multiple green measures and rebates in his annual speech for the Union Budget of 2011-12, clearly indicating Indian Government’s plans to promote and upscale clean energy and technologies, which will boost India’s environmentally conscious identity.

On 24-25 February in Adelaide, South Australia, business and State Government members of The Climate Group met for the first major event of The Climate Smart Precincts Initiative.

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) reconfirmed its commitment to ambitious climate action today by joining two of The Climate Group’s global initiatives.

The City of Sydney has launched a new trial of LED lamps and Smart controls on George Street in Sydney’s CBD. The trial forms part of The Climate Group’s global LED Program, which sees Sydney join nine other participating cities around the world including Hong Kong, London and New York.