Scientists To Meet In SF To Examine Global Warming (CBS 5 Bay Area) The village of Shishmaref, Alaska, will soon be gone -- a victim of the most dramatic effects of climate change yet seen on Earth. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is bringing Shishmaref villagers to San Francisco this week for a conference on global warming. [News Source]

Climate change demands consensus, not bickering (Scoop.co.nz) United Future leader Peter Dunne says the current spat between National and Labour over climate change talks highlights the need for a multi-party conference to be held at Parliament urgently so New Zealand can have an agreed and sensible response to the challenges of global warming. [News Source]

Climate change demands consensus, not bickering (Scoop.co.nz) United Future leader Peter Dunne says the current spat between National and Labour over climate change talks highlights the need for a multi-party conference to be held at Parliament urgently so New Zealand can have an agreed and sensible response to the challenges of global warming. [News Source]

Lawmakers say U.S. ready to tackle global warming (Market Watch) WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- After years of disputing the case for global warming, the United States is now eager to join with other nations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and limit climate change, Democratic and Republican politicians told legislators from around the world at a Capitol Hill conference Wednesday. [News Source]

NY students imagine city plan after global warming (Reuters via Yahoo! News) While the world's top scientists recently warned governments to take urgent action on global warming, a small group of Brooklyn students have designed their own plan for living with climate change. [News Source]

Australia and Finland’s Leaders Agreed Nuclear Is Not Miracle Solution to Global Warming (Environmental News Network) Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Finland's President Tarja Halonen agreed Wednesday that nuclear energy was not a miracle solution to climate change during discussions about global warming. [News Source]

EurActiv.com - ExxonMobil’s top executives on climate change policy | EU - European Information on Climate Change (EUActiv) ExxonMobil has long been an outspoken critic of global warming science, questioning the scientific foundations behind human influence on climate change. But you recently appeared to soften you stance. Why is that? Has Exxon changed opinion on the issue? [News Source]

Bond for climate change proposed (The Star Online) KUALA LUMPUR: YTL Corp Bhd managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh has suggested the setting up of a United Nations-backed climate change bond as part of the business community's response to global warming. [News Source]

Spencer: Hot air fueling global warming discussions (The Daily Times) I give up. I have been informed by various people that when it comes to global warming (i.e. climate change), the "debate is over." The world is warming up, with potentially catastrophic consequences, and only a fool or someone who is truly evil would deny it. [News Source]