News
April 26, 2012: R20 Founding Chair Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to the BBC about the future of green energy and sustainability. Please click here to view the interview.
March 7-8, 2012: R20 hosted several events in Geneva Switzerland, including the Road to Rio: Building the Green Economy conference; public conference at the University of Geneva: Climate and the Economy - New Alliances and New Challenges and the Annual R20 General Assembly Meeting. To view articles related to these events including remarks by R20 Founding Chair Schwarzengger please refer to the links below:
Schwarzenegger flexes green muscles in Geneva (3/9/12 - Swissinfo.ch)
Arnold Schwarzenegger launches virtual "sustainable world" project (3/7/12 - The Guardian)
Green car fan Arnie urges stronger push for low emissions (3/8/12 - The Baltimore Sun)
Geneva auto show opens to public with Schwarzenegger in attendance (3/8/12 - The Detroit News)
"Schwarzie" adore la Suisse et ses montres (3/7/12 - 20 Minutes Online)
"Moins de discours, plus d'action" (3/7/12 - Le Temps)
Environnement: Arnold Schwarzenegger inaugure le R20 a Geneve (3/7/12 - Romandie)
Shwarzy, ambassadeur de taille (3/7/12 - One FM)
Arnie-Alarm an der Uni Genf (3/8/12 - Blick)
Schwarzenegger wirbt in Genf fur grune Energie (Tages-Anzeiger - 3/8/12)
L'ecologie, c'est sexy. Il faut le dire! (Tribune de Geneve - 3/7/12)
February, 2012: R20 sent a delegation to Delhi, India in early February to participate in the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. The delegation included R20 Board members and staff, R20 partners, Founding Chair Arnold Schwarzenegger and R20 Strategic Advisor Terry Tamminen. Mr. Schwarzenegger and Mr. Tamminen participated in several events including a panel on subnational action. To watch the panel on subnational action, co-moderated by Dr. R.K. Pachauri and Terry Tamminen, with a keynote from Mr. Schwarzenegger please click here. To read details on the events in Delhi please click here.
January, 2012: 20 Founding Chair Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomes Mr. Christophe Nuttall as R20's new Executive Director.
Read R20 Founding Chair Arnold Schwarzenegger's message regarding Christophe Nuttall and a message from Mr. Christophe Nuttall in the R20 January Newsletter. Click here to access the newsletter.
January 12, 2012: R20 and Global Cool Cities Alliance launch the Cool Roofs and Pavements Toolkit.
On January 12, 2012 in colaboration with R20 partner the Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA), the Cool Roofs and Pavements Toolkit was launched to help cities, regions, organizations, and building owners develop and deploy successful cool surface initiatives. The Toolkit, available for download is an online resource that GCCA and R20 will build over time with targeted tools for a range of audiences. The documents are designed to be helpful to cool surface novices and experienced cool program managers alike.
News Archives (2011)
Please click on the following link to read the LA Times article "Arnold Schwarzenegger urges candidates to champion green energy" (Dec. 5, 2011).
Please click on the following link to view R20 Founding Chair Arnold Schwarzenegger's keynote speech at the UN Private Sector Forum, September 20 2011.