‘Frightening’ study predicts hotter, drier Australia. Australia's climate is now permanently hotter and drier, and the country faces major temperature rises and significantly less rainfall by 2070, scientists said on Monday. [News Source]

We’ll pay to beat climate crisis: voters. Almost two-thirds of Australians are prepared to pay more tax and more for essentials if it helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Herald/ACNielsen poll. [News Source]

UK’s Blair Pushes to Speed up Climate Change Talks (Planet Ark) LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, armed with evidence of the disastrous impact of ignoring climate change, will talk to Germany's leader on Friday about speeding up a drive for a new international pact against global warming. [News Source]

Scientific news grim for UN talks on global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) An upcoming UN conference on climate change is taking place against a darkening background of scientific news, for barely a week goes by without a major study adding to a tall pile of distressing evidence. [News Source]

‘Adapt to global warming effects’ (The Herald) NAIROBI. African countries must adapt to the effects of global warming to stem further impact climate change may wreak upon the continent’s more than 800 million inhabitants, United Nations officials said yesterday. [News Source]

African countries must adapt to climate change or face destruction: UN (AFP via Yahoo! News) African countries must adapt to the effects of global warming to stem further impact climate change may wreak upon the continent's more than 800 million inhabitants, UN officials said. [News Source]

Scientific news grim for UN talks on global warming. An upcoming UN conference on climate change is taking place against a darkening background of scientific news, for barely a week goes by without a major study adding to a tall pile of distressing evidence. [News Source]

Emissions forecast: more bad news. The International Energy Agency will this week revise its estimate of carbon dioxide emissions over the next 25 years - and predict an even more dramatic acceleration because of increased reliance on coal to produce electricity. [News Source]

10 years to save the world. World leaders have fewer than 10 years to stop a global warming disaster, a shock report will warn this week. [News Source]

2060: Tsunami horror hits Britain. This is the sort of headline we will be reading if nothing is done to prevent climate change. International attempts to cut global warming pollution have gone into reverse just as evidence mounts that it is putting the planet in grave danger. [News Source]

No more hiding behind trees. Although it has long been thought that Canada's forests are helping to prevent global warming, new research suggests the opposite is true. [News Source]