I am in Chiba, Japan, for the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate ChangeClimate change is a lasting change in weather patterns over long periods of time. It can be a natural phenomena and and has occurred on Earth even before people inhabited it. Quite different is a current situation that is also referred to as climate change, anthropogenic climate change, or ..., Clean Energy and Sustainable DevelopmentThe concept of sustainable development was introduced in the World Conservation Strategy (IUCN 1980) and had its roots in the concept of a sustainable society and in the management of renewable resources. Adopted by the WCED in 1987 and by the Rio Conference in 1992 as a process of change in .... The two-day meeting begins tomorrow, with a keynote presentation by Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This meeting will feed into Japan’s G8 Summit in Hokkaido, on 7-9 July.

The Gleneagles Dialogue was launched at the G8 Gleneagles Summit in July 2005, and is a process that brings together 20 countries with the greatest energyThe ability to perform work, mainly kinetic, potential, thermal energy, but also in forms of gravitational, sound, elastic and electromagnetic energy. needs, including the G8, and the major emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, and allows them to informally discuss innovative ideas and new measures to tackle climateClimate is typically defined as the average weather (or more rigorously a statistical description of the average in terms of the mean and variability) over a period of time, usually 30 years. These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate ... change outside the formal negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty that resulted from the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Their aim is to limit GHG emissions to levels that will not threaten the environment and livleyhoods. (UNFCCCThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty that resulted from the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Their aim is to limit GHG emissions to levels that will not threaten the environment and livleyhoods.).

I will continue to report as the meeting goes on, but in the meantime you may also be interested to know that REEEPThe Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is a non-profit, specialist change agent aiming to catalyse the market for renewable energy and energy efficiency, with a primary focus on emerging markets and developing countries./REEGLE now has a group on Facebook (www.facebook.com), where we would be delighted to discuss relevant issues and hear your views of the Partnership.