Global warming ‘will cancel out Western aid and devastate Africa’. Climate change could have a devastating impact on Africa, wiping out all the benefits from the measures to help the continent agreed by the world's richest nations last year. [News Source]

‘Global fear’ over energy plans. People fear energy policies are threatening the environment and global stability, a BBC poll suggests. [News Source]

Wal-Mart warms to a green outlook. The retailer works hard to polish its image. Environmental groups have mixed reviews. [News Source]

G-8 likely to set targets for energy usage. The world's leading industrialized countries are expected to pledge to renew efforts to save energy by setting numerical targets during the summit scheduled for Saturday in St. Petersburg, according to a draft memorandum to be adopted at the conference. [News Source]

Argentina bourse brokers deal on carbon credits. Three Argentine companies and a British firm have signed a deal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as part of international efforts to reduce global warming, the first such accord brokered by the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. [News Source]

Wal-Mart discusses global warming steps. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is the biggest private user of electricity in the world and has huge potential to cut back on greenhouse gases in-house and among its 60,000 suppliers. [News Source]

Antarctic will melt as carbon dioxide levels rise: scientists. A gathering of leading Antarctic scientists in Hobart has heard alarming predictions about the rate at which the frozen continent will melt as the earth warms. [News Source]

Local researcher tracks climate change. After wildfires forced the evacuation of 30,000 residents in the Interior of B.C. in 2003, Francis Zwiers co-authored a report on detecting the effects of climate change on Canadian forest fires. [News Source]

Gore praises Wal-Mart for sustainability plans. Former vice president Al Gore on Wednesday praised Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for a newfound focus on environmental sustainability, saying it showed there was no conflict between the environment and the economy. [News Source]

Great Barrier Reef not ‘in danger’. The United Nations World Heritage Committee has accepted an expert report which says world heritage sites such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef are under threat from climate change. [News Source]

Canada climate exchange awaits govt Kyoto decision. The first greenhouse gas emissions market is set to launch in Canada, but exchange officials said it won't clear any deals until it finds out whether Ottawa's new Conservative government will drop out of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming. [News Source]