International

The Alliance to Save Energy’s EE Global Forum began on March 27, 2012, and Alliance President Kateri Callahan brought the fifth installment of the event to order with a discussion on the core concept that governments and businesses alike are focused on their economic “bottom lines,” as well as better ways to build profits, create jobs and enhance sustainability.

EE Global 2012 will offer free workshops that will be held just before the conference begins on Tuesday, March 27. EE Global attendees can choose two of the six exclusive pre-conference workshops, which will cover topics ranging from electricity access in the developing world to industrial energy efficiency.  

In the push to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, all eyes are on the United States and China, the world’s top two energy users and GHG emitters. 

Recognizing that state and local governments possess tremendous potential for leading their nations toward a lower-carbon lifestyle, leaders from cities in the United States and China are working together to compare energy-efficient best practices.

Durban, South Africa, Dec. 11, 2011—Negotiators from 194 countries extended negotiations a full day past deadlines to reach agreement at the 17^th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP17.

An extensive series of energy-efficient makeovers of U.S. embassies is happening right now across Europe. Initiated by the Alliance to Save Energy and the U.S. State Department’s League of Green Embassies, renovations being made as part of the “Energy Efficiency Sweep of Europe” will help the residences and offices of 11 U.S. ambassadors save energy and money.