GC Australia’s Extreme Weather Heroes

Green Cross Australia has recently launched the Extreme Weather Heroes campaign to inspire a new generation of young emergency services volunteers motivated by environmental values.

Disarmament lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention

The above titled article by Mikhail Gorbachev, GCI Founding President, and Rogelio Pfirter, director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, appeared in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on 16 June 2009. The article highlights the equitable and verifiable approach of the Chemical Weapons Convention in  eliminating weapons of mass destruction.

Marseilles to host World Water Forum 2012

On 19 June in Madrid, the World Water Council selected Marseille in France as the location of the 6th World Water Forum in 2012. The 5th World Water Forum took place earlier this year in Istanbul, Turkey.