Rio +20

Time Is Nigh for Global Action, Manifesto Warns - An era has dawned in which humanity’s impact on the earth could prove to be as great as ice ages or meteoric collisions, scientists, government officials and business leaders warned this week at a big environmental conference in London. (David Jolly, New York Times)

BRICS Summit-Delhi Declaration - Five emerging economic powerhouses - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - are meeting in Delhi for the BRICS summit to discuss a range of issues, including increased financial integration of the member countries, energy security and the ongoing crisis in Syria. (International Business Times)

Nigeria: Government Engages Private Sector in Preparations for Rio+20
- Federal Government has held a preparatory workshop for the private sector as part of efforts to ensure the sector's active participation in the global sustainable development forum schedule for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June. (Alex Abutu, All Africa)

Energy Access

Pay As You Go Solar: A Rural Power Solution - While many countries are trying to wean themselves off expensive and dirty fossil fuel energy, much of the world is still waiting on any type of electricity. (AOL
Energy)

Energy efficiency

Ford Focus Electric will use 'build-to-order' sales model - Ford  is on track for the full US launch of its Ford Focus Electric next month, after successfully delivering the first wave of vehicles to commercial partners, such as Google, Florida Power and Light and Microsoft, late last year. (James Murray, The Guardian)

UK greenhouse gas emissions down 7% in 2011 - Last year's mild winter helped UK greenhouse gas emissions fall 7% in 2011, as people used less gas to heat their homes, provisional figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change reveal. (Adam Vaughan, The
Guardian)

Sustainable energy policy

AfDB Co-Organizes First Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation - The first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) will take place from between 1 and 3 April 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya, at the Intercontinental Hotel. (All Africa)

Renewable energy

Nigeria: Enugu to Support Inventor of Wind Turbine for Power Generation - Enugu State Government has promised to support ingenuity of an indigene who has developed a wind turbine that generates 24 kilowatts of electricity at 10 metres per second wind speed. (All
Africa)

Gulf has good reason to back renewable energy - Has renewable energy already lost the battle with fossil fuels? No, clean energy technologies are here to stay. (Yasser Al Saleh, The National)

China seeks UK co-op on clean energy - UK's expertise in clean energy production can help China achieve its ambitious emission reduction targets, said Chinese business leaders who came to the UK looking for cooperation opportunities on Tuesday. (Cecily Liu, China Daily)