Australia rejects British climate report. Australia said on Tuesday it would not let down workers and accept a hard-hitting British report on climate change as critics branded the country an environmental "renegade". [News Source]

A global catastrophe of our own making. Average global temperatures have increased by less than 1C since the Industrial Revolution, but they are projected to increase by up to 5C over the coming century if carbon dioxide levels continue to rise without restraint. [News Source]

Sea overwhelms Sunderbans islands. The rising sea has devoured two of the nearly 100 tiny islands in the Sunderbans delta and threatening submergence of a dozen others having a population of over 10,000. [News Source]

Filmmaker a big donor behind the scenes . Hollywood producer Stephen Bing has become the main force behind Proposition 87, a statewide initiative that seeks to raise $4 billion in oil production tax to help develop alternative fuels. [News Source]

The day that changed the climate. Climate change has been made the world's biggest priority, with the publication of a stark report showing that the planet faces catastrophe unless urgent measures are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Food miles debate reignited by climate change report (Nutraingredients.com) 10/31/2006 - New Zealand's kiwifruit is the latest food export to be named as a contributor to global warming, prompted by a new UK report on climate change. [News Source]

Warming called threat to global economy.

Failing to curb the impact of climate change could damage the global economy on the scale of the Great Depression or the world wars by spawning environmental devastation.

Global warming will cost $9.6 trillion by 2100. Global warming may cost the world as much as $9.6 trillion by the next century because of the effects of famine, rising sea levels, storms, and other environmental damage, a study for the British government indicates. [News Source]

Climate change fight ‘can’t wait’. A report by economist Sir Nicholas Stern suggests that global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%. [News Source]

Emissions of CO2 continue to rise despite pledges. A UN agency said most industrial nations continue to increase their emissions of carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases thought to be warming the Earth's atmosphere, despite pledges under the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

Ocean dead zone linked to global warming dissipates with fall. An ocean dead zone off Oregon lasted nearly three times longer than any of its predecessors before dissipating with autumn's cooler temperatures. [News Source]