Climatico

PROGRESA/Oportunidades: Social protection in Mexico (Image by: Peter Bate, IDB, 2004)

In January 2010, California passed regulation over Green House gases by determining the pollution of fuels coming into California: LA times has coverage here:

Canada has slightly adjusted its mid-term climate mitigation targets to match US pledges. Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, recently announced that Canada has changed its mitigation goals in an effort to harmonize with the Obama administration.

Wind farm in Africa (Image by: lollie pop)

Mystery in China (Image by: **Maurice**)

The extremely high hurricane season of 2005 highlighted the vulnerability of coastal communities to extreme weather events.  The costliest (Katrina) and the most intense (Wilma) hurricanes were recorded in this season.

Environmentally friendly in Chengdu, China (image by: preetamrai)