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Global News latest headlines "Participation is ranked 3rd (out of 97) and is well supported across all organisational types. Given the prominence of this concept, turning it into meaningful initiatives and outcomes in the Rio process will be vital." Rio+20: Analysis of Zero Draft Submissions, January 2012 The Greening of Singapore, 14 January Jane Goodall Institute: Saving Trees and Chimpanzees While Improving Health, 1/11/12 topic Rio 2012 - Zero draft of the outcome document published, January 2012 World cities say: 'Hear us!', New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg champions a major role for cities at Rio+20, Jan. 03 ________ References

2011

16,000 people in more than 120 Russian cities participate in “Bloggers against Garbage” action, 11 August Not without controversy though, as some say this is the "straightforward responsibility of municipal authorities". topic, topic

2010

• Russian-Fires.ru, First Ushahidi Experience, 10 August topic

• Fires rage on as Moscow suffers 'hottest day ever, 29 July topic

• 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia’s fourth largest city of Nizhny Novgorod, July 15 topic

2009

• Russia plans to raise CO₂ production by 30% before 2020, June 22 topic

2008

• Russia moves Sochi Olympic sites. The organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort of Sochi have decided to relocate several facilities away from a protected wilderness area, July 4. topic

• UN joins environmental calls for Russia to move Olympic site, Greenpeace warns Olympic Village threatens rare and endangered species, June 2 topic

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