UN announces greenhouse gas footprint in first step to cutting emissions
Copenhagen - 15 December

After one of the most wide-ranging and painstaking exercises ever undertaken across the United Nations system, the organization today announced its greenhouse gas footprint as part of a first step to manage these emissions down. 

Billion Tree Campaign Patron Wangari Maathai Appointed UN Messenger Of Peace
Copenhagen - 15 December

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and green advocate Wangari Maathai became a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on the environment and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today.
 

Viet Nam's Rich Mekong and Red River Deltas Face Severe Flooding from Climate Change
Bangkok/Ha Noi - 15 December

Climate change will have serious consequences for Viet Nam's Mekong and Red River Deltas - two key rice and agricultural producing areas in the country - unless global warming is addressed.
 

UNEP and ICLEI launch the carbonn climate centre
Copenhagen - 15 December

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) join forces to create the Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting - carbonn.