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• Ernest Moniz confirmed as next Secretary of the US Department of Energy

  Date

  17 May 2013

  The US Senate unanimously confirmed Ernest Moniz as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today, by a vote of 97 to 0.

  

• Net Zero Climate Positive: global summit to address net-zero targets and climate positive solutions

  Date

  16 May 2013

  Over 200 high-level multi-stakeholder decisions makers will convene under the theme Net Zero, Climate Positive on 28-29 May in London to commit to policy recommendations for climate change action.

  

• Changhua Wu on Beijing's smog: Mother's Day, our children's future

  Date

  08 May 2013

  Beijing is the homeland of more than 24 million people. I am a mother with a 13-year-old boy. And my family has been living here for more than ten years. When local statics keeps telling you that lung cancer is now the biggest killer of residents of Beijing, you could imagine how parents feel not only for their own health, but more importantly for their children's future.

  

• Climate talks begin in Bonn

  Date

  30 April 2013

  The latest round of UN climate talks began in Bonn, Germany yesterday with a focus on laying the foundations for agreeing a new global climate treaty in 2015.

  

• China announces climate change law will be ready in next two years

  Date

  26 April 2013

  A Chinese Minister has announced that China’s legislation on climate change would be forthcoming within the next two years, at a GLOBE event in Beijing.

  

• Indian Prime Minister wants clean energy subsidies, doubling of renewables by 2017

  Date

  18 April 2013

  Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced his support and ambitions for green growth at the fourth annual Clean Energy Ministerial in New Delhi this week.

  

• Australia and China's leaders agree to work together on clean energy and carbon trading

  Date

  16 April 2013

  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard agreed a ‘strategic partnership’ with Chinese President Xi Jinping during her visit to China last week, where she signed a bilateral agreement on carbon trading.

  

• US and China announce Climate Change Working Group

  Date

  16 April 2013

  The US and China have signed an agreement that would enhance bi-lateral cooperation on climate change ahead of the 2013 Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED).

  

• Obama’s budget to make tax credit for renewable energy production permanent

  Date

  10 April 2013

  President Obama on Wednesday proposed a budget that would bring down the U.S. deficit to 2.8 percent of GDP by 2016 and 1.7 percent by 2023 – or $1.8 trillion over the next decade.

  

• David Perry: The future of Australia's Renewable Energy Target

  Date

  08 April 2013

  David Perry, Research and Program Manager Australia, The Climate Group, takes an in-depth look at Australia's reconfirmed Renewable Energy Target.