EU environment ministers have asked the European Commission to develop robust indicators to measure the bloc's progress towards an eco-efficient economy, a concept that will be at the core of the revised Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, to be agreed upon next spring.

The International Gas Union (IGU), whose members account for about 95% of global natural gas output, saying gas production will need to increase 70% for the world to reduce GHG emissions at the scale need to avoid catastrophic climate change, says Reuters.