... So that You may be kept informed

Fed: Our "green" GG


21 Jan 2009 2:30 AM

Governor General QUENTIN BRYCE is taking an interest in climate change .. and jetting to the Middle East to address a major conference on renewable energy.

Ms BRYCE will speak on Australia's efforts to develop clean energy at the World Future Energy Summit .. in Abu Dhabi today.

15-thousand people are expected to attend the summit in the oil-rich emirate .. which borders on the Persian Gulf.

The summit will focus on issues like clean energy policy .. solar and wind power .. and green buildings.

Ms BRYCE will rub shoulders with British climate adviser Lord STERN .. former British Prime Minister TONY BLAIR .. and RAJENDRA PACHAURI .. head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.