This Newsletter is published quarterly for the WFEO Committee on Engineering and Environment (CEE) at 
The Institution of Engineers (India), 8, Gokhale Road, Calcutta 700 020, 
Phone: 223-8311/14/15/16, 223-8333/34, 223-3155, Fax: 91 33 223-8345, 91 61532911, 
E-mail: intnl@ieindia.org ; gplal@hotmail.com 
Secretary & Director General : Cdr. A K Poothia, IN (Retd.)

Vol 26 No 4 DEC 2005 Editor: Mr B. J. Vasoya

Editorial ... 1               

WFEO Committees, Executive Council and General Assembly Meet in San Juan, Puerto Rico ... 2 

A detailed Account of India’s Participation at San Juan, Puerto rico ... 3

Global Climate Change ........     4 

World Council of Civil Engineers Created ..... 5  

We Look Forward to WEC 2008               ... 6

  At The Helm ... 7 

Acronyms commonly used ... 4

At The Helm      

• Kamal Ayadi has been elected President of WFEO. “My effort will be oriented towards achieving two main goals: consolidating WFEO visibility at the international level and reinforcing the cohesion of our members to WFEO,” he said in his first address as the new WFEO President.

• Barry Grear of Austrilia has been elected the new President Elect of WFEO.

• Dr Ing. Willi Fuchs, director of the German Engineers’ Association (VDI), has been elected new President of the European Federaiton of National Engineering Associations (FEANI) in Athens.