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Sydney switches on the LED Revolution

Date

30 March 2012

Sydney became the first major city in Australia - and one of the first in the world - to embrace LED lighting this week, following council approval for General Electric (GE) and UGL Limited to fit LEDs to the majority of the City’s outdoor lights as part of an AUS $7 million three-year project.
India Economic Survey urges global Clean Revolution to hit emission reduction targets

Date

30 March 2012

The Government’s Economic Survey 2011-12 says India must adopt a low carbon growth path to help reach national emissions reduction targets, while affirming the need for collaboration from developed countries.
Chinese clean energy enterprise Hanergy joins The Climate Group as global member

Date

26 March 2012

China’s Hanergy Holding Group recently joined The Climate Group as one of its global members. With a focus on clean energy development both within China and globally, Hanergy will work with The Climate Group to contribute to reducing global carbon emissions.
South Australia boasts surge in clean energy despite record economic growth

Date

22 March 2012

Fresh electricity statistics reveal that South Australia is still leading the Clean Revolution, with even more of the state’s energy coming from renewable energy sources in 2011 despite record economic growth.
Leading businesses and organizations support the White House Green Button energy data initiative

Date

22 March 2012

Today the White House announced that nine new utilities are adopting the industry-led Green Button Initiative, a move which is welcomed by the 27 companies and organizations who first called for greater consumer access to energy data two years ago.
India announces solar, LED and hybrid vehicle exemptions in annual budget

Date

21 March 2012

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has unveiled the country's annual budget, which includes exemptions and subsidies on clean technologies to help boost India’s economy.
UK Budget 2012 lacks low carbon economy and leadership

Date

21 March 2012

Today the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne presented his Budget 2012 to the House of Commons, which includes several signs that the Government supports clean energy investment, but has raised concerns from Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group that there is not enough focus on the low carbon economy.
States and Regions Alliance plan for Rio+20

Date

20 March 2012

Co-chair of The Climate Group’s States and Regions Alliance, the Government of the Basque Country, hosted an extended Steering Group meeting in its capital Vitoria-Gasteiz, to plans activities towards and beyond the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro this June.
New Wales clean energy plan unlocks opportunity to generate jobs, boost economy

Date

14 March 2012

Today the Welsh Government published a new energy plan which highlights the huge opportunity in clean energy to create tens of thousands of new jobs and boost Wales’ economic development.
Obama launches US initiative to lower the cost of electric vehicles

Date

12 March 2012

US President Obama has launched a new program which will lower the cost of electric vehicles (EVs) within the next ten years, accelerating EVs’ competitiveness in the automotive industry.
Chinese city leaders converge with European business and government innovators in Brussels

Date

05 March 2012

A high-level delegation of Chinese city representatives recently visited The Climate Group’s European office in Brussels, to exchange and develop green growth opportunities with some of our leading European government and business members.
Third German region, Baden-Wuerttemberg, joins The Climate Group

Date

01 March 2012

Today, the Environment Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Franz Untersteller, and Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group, officially confirmed the German state’s accession to The Climate Group at a press conference in Brussels.