We are pleased to share the main points highlighted in “World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2012 Highlights of 16th January, 2012″: (By: Linkages, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Reporting Services, 18th January, 2012. The highlights is available at: http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/energy/wfes/wfes2012/html/ymbvol187num8e.html#top) The fifth World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2012 opened in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on

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2012 International Conference on Geological andEnvironmental Sciences(ICGES 2012)29 to 30 June 2012Jeju Island, Korea (South) ICGES 2012 will be published as conferenceproceeding, and all papers in the proceedingswill be included in the E&T Digital Library, andindexed by EBSCO, CNKI, WorldCat, Google Scholar. The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 10 March2012. Enquiries: icges@cbees.orgWeb address: http://www.icges.org/cfp.htmSponsored by: CBEES

http://disccrs.org/disccrsposter.pdf Dates: October 13-20, 2012 Location: La Foret Conference and Retreat CenterColorado Springs, CO Application Deadline: February 29, 2012Participation limited to 30 early-career Ph.D. scholarsAirfare and on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and NASAhttp://disccrs.org Eligibility: Ph.D. requirements completed between August 1, 2009 – February 29, 2012 in any natural or social science field

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NASA: Hubble Solves Mystery on Source of Supernova in Nearby Galaxy 01.12.12   Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding mystery on the type of star, or so-called progenitor, which caused a supernova seen in a nearby galaxy. The finding yields new observational data for pinpointing one of several scenarios that trigger

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NewYork Times: Agriculture has long been a stepchild in global negotiations over the climate. Hopes had risen that this might change at the latest big global climate session, in Durban, South Africa, in December. It did not. Now, a group of experts led by John Beddington, the chief science adviser of the British government, is

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EurekaAlert: Modest advances for agriculture in Durban signal need for scientific input While last month’s climate negotiations in Durban made incremental progress toward helping farmers adapt to climate change and reduce agriculture’s climate footprint, a group of international agriculture experts, writing in the January 20 issue of Science magazine, urges scientists to lay the groundwork

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PHYSORG: Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world’s species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change. Dealing with the biodiversity crisis requires political will and needs to be based on a solid scientific knowledge if we are to ensure a safe future for

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DAWN: In Pakistan, 3.57 billion dollars need to be spent in the coming 18 years to deal with the affects of climate change Pakistan, Guatemala and Russia have been the countries worst hit by climate change in the recent past, with thousands of lives lost to extreme weather events. In addition to being the worst-affected,

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Reducing Soot and Methane Would Bring Fast Results, Says Study A study by a large international team of scientists says that relatively cheap, simple measures to cut two common pollutants could substantially reduce global warming and improve human health and agriculture in coming decades. Instead of focusing on carbon dioxide—the main culprit in climate change–they

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