Sustainability News

In 2002 the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) reviewed progress that had been achieved in the decade since the UN Conference on Environment and Development (aka Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro.

At an event held on May 10 during the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, CitNet cosponsored a discussion on Sustainable Consumption and Production, one of the topics on the agenda for this year.

In December, the New York City Council passed a set of measures known as the 'Greener, Greater Buildings Plan'. One of the elements was a new Energy Conservation Code. Now the NYC Department of Buildings has proposed compliance rules for implementation of the energy conservation code.

The bloomberg administration announced the completion of energy benchmark readings for NYC buildings that will provide baseline support for achievement of the PlaNYC goal to reduce the City's energy consumption 30% by 2017. T

This new report from the NYC Panel on Climate Change outlines the need for early and ongoing adaptation actions in New York and suggests approaches to create an effective adaptation program.

The International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption (ICSPAC) is now receiving input from sustainability practiioners, advocates, researchers and decision-makers on their views and ideas about current global progress towards sustainable production and consumption.

Gail Karlsson reports: One of the most encouraging signs I saw in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference was on the shirt worn by the desk clerk at my hotel in Malmo, Sweden, across the Oresund bridge. It said ‘I am a citizen of Hopenhagen’.