Environment

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:07 UTC

  UK largest corporations will have to report greenhouse-gas emissions in profit reports

  

  UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that starting next April, all companies that list on the London Stock Exchange will be required to publish their greenhouse gas emissions in corporate earnings reports.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 20:38 UTC

  Member states agree on the UN Rio+20 conference outcome document

  

  Members States announced on Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:49 UTC

  Antarctica Chinstrap penguins suffering the effects of a warming climate

  

  The population of chinstrap penguins is feeling the heat, with more than one-third of a breeding colony lost in the past 20 years, new research finds.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 00:48 UTC

  UK and Overseas Territories sign agreement on conservation of sharks

  

  Endangered sharks will be given greater protection following Monday’s signing of an international agreement on the conservation of sharks, according to an announcement made by UK Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon.

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 07:17 UTC

  Public and private sectors pledge in Rio+20 to restore “oceans’ health and productivity”

  

  Over 80 countries, civil society groups, private companies and international organizations have declared their support for the new Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO), signalling their commitment to work together around coordinated goals to restore the world’s oceans to health and productivity.

• Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 11:26 UTC

  Rio+20 summit takes off in Brazil with optimism and many challenges

  

  The United Nations conference on Sustainable Development opened in Brazil on Wednesday, launching a new round of debate on the future of the planet, its resources and people, 20 years after the first Earth Summit.

• Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 11:19 UTC

  Indian delegation after investments and technology cooperation with Brazil

  

  India has invited companies from Brazil to invest in the country’s national infrastructure, manufacturing in Special Economic Zones and the food processing sector.

• Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 10:59 UTC

  Australia will create world’s largest network of marine reserves

  

  Australia says it will create the world's largest network of marine parks ahead of the Rio+20 summit. The reserves will cover 3.1 million sq km of ocean, including the Coral Sea.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2012 - 18:13 UTC

  South Georgia plans removal of reindeer herds with Norwegian advisors

  

  The South Georgia Government has released the report of a reconnaissance trip by two experts from the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate investigating the practicalities of eliminating reindeer from the South Georgia Island.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2012 - 09:30 UTC

  Members of a gospel group caught sowing barley in Antarctica, reports IAATO

  

  Two members of a gospel group were caught this last austral summer sowing barley in Antarctica in a bio-security breach that highlights calls for tougher controls on growing tourism to the continent.