Report to offer climate change evidence. An authoritative new U.N. assessment of how Earth's climate is changing should have ''a major impact'' on the political debate over dealing with global warming, the world's chief climate scientist says. [News Source]

Global warming may wipe out most birds. Unchecked climate change could drive up to 72 percent of the world's bird species into extinction but the world still has a chance to limit the losses, the conservation group WWF said in a report on Tuesday. [News Source]

Report to offer climate change evidence (AP via Yahoo! News) A long-awaited report by an international scientific network will offer much stronger evidence of how man is changing Earth's climate, and should prompt balky governments into action against global warming, the group's chief scientist said Monday. [News Source]

Sweden tops climate change list (AP via Yahoo! News) Sweden, Britain and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report released Monday by environmental groups. [News Source]

U.N. eyes climate change plan for Africa (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will announce a two-year plan to help Africa respond to global warming when he speaks to an international climate change conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, a U.N. source told Reuters. [News Source]

U.N. Eyes Climate Change Plan for Africa (Environmental News Network) U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will announce a two-year plan to help Africa respond to global warming when he speaks to an international climate change conference in Nairobi on Wednesday, a U.N. source told Reuters. [News Source]

Climate change affects health too - scientist. Deadly heatwaves, hurricanes and spreading malaria infections appear to be just the obvious toll of global warming on people's health, said a scientist leading efforts to unravel how environmental change threatens lives. [News Source]

France to push coal, carbon taxes in support of Kyoto protocol. The French government came out fighting against industrial pollution Monday, saying it would establish a domestic coal tax and push with European partners for a carbon tax on industrial goods from countries that ignore the Kyoto Protocol. [News Source]

Colorado town passes first US carbon tax. Voters in Boulder, Colorado, have passed the country's first municipal carbon tax to fight global warming. [News Source]

Kyoto countries seen agreeing steps to extend pact. No breakthrough will happen next week in talks to extend the Kyoto pact on global warming, but a softening of stances will produce an agreement on next steps to take, senior negotiators have told Reuters. [News Source]

What’s wrong with profit? A new generation of philanthropists has stepped forward, for the most part young billionaires who have reaped the benefits of capitalism and believe that it can be applied in the service of charity. [News Source]