Gore warns on climate change (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) PETER CAVE: The former US vice president, Al Gore, says that inadequate action on climate change has placed the world at risk of irreversible and catastrophic damage. [News Source]

Eager for results, EU, Asian to send climate change message at summit (AFP via Yahoo! News) European and Asian leaders, eager to show that together they can produce results on the global stage, were to send a strong message on climate change to the rest of world at a summit. [News Source]

Govt rejects Gore criticism of climate change stance (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) The Federal Government has dismissed criticism from the former United States vice president Al Gore about its approach to climate change. [News Source]

Warming crisis most threatens Australia. Australia will be one of the first major casualties of the climate crisis, former US vice-president Al Gore has warned. [News Source]

Serious messages on the impact of climate change. An extensive report on climate change showed the sea water level in Gisborne, New Zealand, has already risen by 11.5 centimetres in the past 50 years. [News Source]

Gore’s climate change movie dismissed. Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has dismissed Al Gore's climate change documentary, saying he would not be taking advice from an unsuccessful presidential candidate. [News Source]

Take him to task: Gore challenges PM on climate. In Australia, Mr Gore dismissed the Howard Government's reasons for refusing to address climate change and said Australia was in a position to influence the US. [News Source]

EU urges Asia on labor rights, climate change. Europe pressed Asia on Sunday to address concerns about worker rights abuses as it grows into an economic powerhouse and said the region must take a bigger role in tackling global climate change. [News Source]

Summit seeks climate action. Asian and European leaders of the Asem meeting in Helsinki agreed yesterday to call on the United Nations to take more action on climate change and other environmental issues. [News Source]

‘Plan climate-change response now’. New Zealand businesses could find themselves unprepared and have their competitiveness damaged if they don’t plan a climate-change response now, an executive says. [News Source]

Farmers ‘can help supply energy’. Global warming presents opportunities for Irish agriculture to make a great contribution to national energy self-sufficiency. [News Source]