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[Truthout - All Articles]     Just this week, a top UN official predicted that by the middle of this century, the world should expect six million people a year to be displaced by increasingly severe storms and floods caused by climate change. But for many island nations in the South Pacific, climate change is already more than just a theory - it is a pressing, menacing reality.

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[Untitled] Climate change summit opens with call for global solidarity ...: Apart from industrialised countries trying to evade their responsibilities by pushing India, China, Brazil and South Africa to commit to capping their GHG emissions, technology transfers and financing are the likely sticking points over the next 12 days as the world grapples with an ever-smaller time window to combat climate change.

[Untitled] AfricaFiles | Climate change and Africa: A vulnerable continent: While Africa is the continent less responsible for the climate changes, paradoxically it has to pay the greatest tribute if there will be no reduction of the emissions of hothouse gas. Africa and its people can only confront this situation if they will receive urgent assistance to help them adapt to the climate changes and if the industrial countries act immediately to significantly reduce their gas emissions into the atmosphere.

[Untitled] Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Memo to Gore: Don’t call coal ...: So, what if we were to coin a non-defamatory phrase that sounds menacing, then repeat it over and over and over with the charcoal animations Shelly describes so creatively, making connections to all the bad things about coal (cradle to cradle), in a sour gravelly narration, spewing implicit unsavory sulfuric sounding badness of a PYROCLASTIC inferno … ok …

[Untitled] World's Largest Corporations Seek Clarity On Climate Change Regulation: The number of companies that confirmed that a Director or executive-level officer has overall responsibility for climate change management rose to 204 (65%) compared with 141 (50%) responding companies last year. A total of 94 responding companies (30%) report some degree of linkage between employee incentives and goals related to climate change.

[Untitled] US Forces could remain in Iraq for 10 more years « The Common Ills: If the peace movement relaxes for even one minute because of the Democratic victory, it could demobilize the millions of people -- particularly younger people -- who have joined the movement since the Iraq occupation began. Note that the new administration is proposing to withdraw "combat" troops from Iraq, but keeping other "residual" troops and mercenaries in the new military bases (and adjacent countries) that could continue intervening in Iraq -- perhaps curbing the "war" but not the occupation.

[Untitled] StormWire: Climate Change Fueling Endless Wildfire Season: While the majority of forest fires usually occur from August to December, persistent drought and climate change is heightening year-round fire risk, according to Bloomberg.

[Untitled] The Green Devolution (Wizbang): The anthropogenic global warming (AGW) hypothesis is based on the assumption that increasing amounts of CO2 are trapping additional heat in the Earth's atmosphere and thereby warming the planet. There is no hard evidence to support this hypothesis - increases in temperature don't come with a "Caused by humanity's use of fossil fuels" label - just speculation and some degree of correlation between CO2 concentrations and temperature.

[StormWire] StormWire: FEMA could see Major Overhaul in 2009: One Million Plus Lose Power in New England Ice Sto... Arctic Cold Wave Threatens Montana Cattle · Gulf Oil Industry still Hurting after Hurricanes · Weather could Stifle Holiday Air .

[Untitled] Lim Kit Siang » Blog Archive » Road carnage - disappeared from ...: And blame it on climate change! Rubbish-strewn roads and parks and filthy public toilets are a common sight. Hold your pee and pooh, if you have to! Although some government offices and departments did provide satisfactory services, ...

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