UN’s Ban urged to lead global climate change plans (SABC News) A United Nations (UN) official said yesterday he urged Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, to take a leading role in helping world governments battle global warming after 2012, when the Kyoto treaty on climate change expires. [News Source]

Global Warming to Take Center Stage at Anchorage Conference (RedNova) By Margaret Bauman, Alaska Journal of Commerce, Anchorage Jan. 15--Global warming issues will take center stage Feb. 12-16 in Anchorage, as participants in the 2007 Alaska Forum on the Environment discuss the significance of climate change to Alaska, the Arctic and the nation. [News Source]

New UN Leader Urged To Take Lead On Global Warming (Nasdaq) UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The U.N.'s top climate change official urged the new U.N. secretary-general to fill a global leadership vacuum and mobilize world leaders and the private sector to adopt a new policy to tackle global warming in the coming decades. [News Source]

U.N. chief urged to act on climate change (CNN.com) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- A U.N. official said on Tuesday he urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to take a leading role in helping world governments battle global warming after 2014, when the Kyoto treaty on climate change expires. [News Source]

Bush readies speech on climate change (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. President George W. Bush's annual speech to Congress next week is likely to call for a massive increase in U.S. ethanol usage and tweak climate change policy while stopping short of mandatory emissions caps, sources familiar with White House plans said on Tuesday. [News Source]

U.N.’s Ban urged to lead global climate change plans (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A U.N. official said on Tuesday he urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to take a leading role in helping world governments battle global warming after 2012, when the Kyoto treaty on climate change expires. [News Source]

Bush readies speech on ethanol, climate change (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. President George W. Bush's annual speech to Congress next week is likely to call for a massive increase in U.S. ethanol usage and tweak climate change policy while stopping short of mandatory emissions caps, sources familiar with White House plans said on Tuesday. [News Source]

U.N.’s Ban urged to lead global climate change plans (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A U.N. official said on Tuesday he urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to take a leading role in helping world governments battle global warming after 2014, when the Kyoto treaty on climate change expires. [News Source]

Bush to address global warming in annual speech (Reuters via Yahoo! News) President Bush will outline a policy on global warming next week in his State of the Union speech but has not dropped his opposition to mandatory limits on greenhouse-gas emissions, the White House said on Tuesday. [News Source]

50 N.H. towns put global warming on the ballot (Eagle-Tribune Online) SEABROOK, N.H. (AP) - Voters in at least 50 towns will vote on a global warming initiative this spring. Town voters are being asked to support the New Hampshire Climate Change Resolution, which calls for reductions in greenhouse gas pollution and other steps to slow global warming. [News Source]

Environment ministers lack clout on global warming (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Environment ministers lack power to lead a fight against global warming at a time when ever more governments portray climate change as one of the biggest threats to the planet, experts say. [News Source]