The international observance of World Water Day, this year on March 22, is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. This year’s theme — ‘Clean Water for a Healthy World’ — reflects the fact that population and industrial growth are adding new sources of pollution and increased demand for clean water across the world.

The Thomson Reuters North America Shale Gas Valuation Index, based on closing share prices from Feb. 18.

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Here’s a breakdown of counrties with established renewable energy targets from 2013 to 2020.

My life on the ice, living in a tent and running a makeshift Reuters East Antarctic Bureau, came to a close much faster than I anticipated, leaving no room for sentimentality.

Europe’s candidate to be climate chief, Connie Hedegaard, talked tough during hearings for the European Commission last week, raising the hackles of Europe’s auto industry. Hedegaard has shown herself to be a tough advocate of tigher CO2 emissions from cars. Could she be about to take on Big Auto over targets?

Follow Pauline Askin’s experiences in one of the harshest environments on the planet — Antarctica.

Being inappropriately dressed in Antarctica can be life threatening. However, being appropriately dressed takes a lot of time and an exceptionally good memory.

When you live on the edge of Antarctica, coping with gale force winds, blizzards, snow and ice, the risk of accidents are heightened.

I’d had enough of being cold and weather beaten by the Katabatic wind smashing the side of my tent and bouncing off my head so I decided to make my way to our base, the Sorensen Hut, for a warm cup of tea and read a couple of pages of my book.

Penguins’ chatter outside my tent woke me to Christmas Day in Antarctica, but instead of Santa’s sleigh there was just the usual run to ensure our human waste doesn’t permanently become part of this frozen wilderness.

Reuters employee Pauline Askin is in Antarctica for a six-week expedition on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth.

Reuters employee Pauline Askin is in Antarctica for a six-week expedition on the icy continent.

Reuters employee Pauline Askin is in Antarctica for a six-week expedition on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth.

I am now standing on Antarctica, my icy home for the next six weeks and it’s minus five degrees Celsius and majestic. My new address is Commonwealth Bay, Cape Denison, 67 degrees South, East Antarctica.