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]

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]

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]

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]

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 could affect Indias growth (Express India) Global warming and climate change could affect India's growth story unless a range of steps are taken to address the effects of increased surface temperature and its effect on monsoon pattern and river flows. [News Source]

Climate change fight ‘can’t wait’ (AME Info) The UK's prime minister has warned that the world cannot afford to wait before tackling climate change, after a study suggested global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%, the BBC reports. But taking action now would cost just 1% of global GDP, the study estimated. [News Source]

Climate change may raise disease fears (The Herald) Climate change and the consequences of global warming are the issues of the day. Some analysts have even suggested that Scottish farming could be a winner if temperatures rise, but there are ominous portents that the livestock industry might be open to new diseases. [News Source]

Britain calls for urgent action on climate change.

Britain has issued a call for urgent action on climate change after a hard-hitting report painted an apocalyptic picture of the economic and environmental fallout from further global warming.

Failure to Manage Global Warming Would Cripple World Economy (Environment News Service) LONDON, UK , October 30, 2006 (ENS) - The most comprehensive review ever carried out on the economics of climate change warns that global warming could inflict worldwide disruption as great as that caused by the two World Wars and the Great Depression. [News Source]

Stern’s report: ‘If we act now, we can avoid the very worst’. The economic wellbeing of Britain and the rest of the world depends on changing to a low-carbon global economy, the Government’s chief economist said in a report published yesterday. [News Source]