United Nations Urges States To Act Decisively To Mitigate Worst Effects Of Climate Change (PollutionOnline) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has called climate change one of his top priorities, has hailed a new report on the subject, urging nations to make decisive efforts to alleviate the worst consequences brought on by global warming [News Source]

Climate change warning for east coast (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A scientist who contributed to the latest United Nations report on climate change says communities along the entire east coast of Australia can expect to feel the effects of global warming. [News Source]

Singer Sheryl Crow starts global warming tour (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Singer Sheryl Crow began a bus tour of U.S. colleges to raise awareness about global warming on Monday, one of several high-profile celebrities to take up the cause of climate change. [News Source]

UN Panel Issues Stark Climate Change Warning (Planet Ark) The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the top world authority on global warming, issued a report on Friday based on the findings of 2,500 scientists. [News Source]

Experts: Climate change may flood coasts, erode beaches of North Shore (The Salem News) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change yesterday released its long-awaited assessment of global warming, and the predictions are chilling. Many millions more people flooded out every year due to sea-level rise by 2080. [News Source]

Abe, Wen to express anti-global warming commitments at summit (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are expected to confirm their countries' collaboration in fighting global warming after the current climate change pact expires in 2012 in their summit talks Wednesday in Tokyo, Japanese government sources said Monday. [News Source]

New global warming report stresses regional changes (WNPR Connecticut Public Radio) HARTFORD, CT (2007-04-09) On Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, issued the second of their four reports this year. The latest one focuses on regional global warming trends. WNPR's Melody Kramer reports. [News Source]

Duke Foundation To Provide $100 Million for Global Warming Research (Environmental News Network) A $100 million fund is being set up by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to pay for five years of research into global warming. The aim of the foundation's Climate Change Initiative is to look at policies that can speed the use of new technologies to reduce carbon dioxide, methane and other industrial gases. [News Source]

Climate change-storm link up in air (The Daily Iowan) Ecological devastation and loss of ecosystem diversity are often cited as reasons to take action against global warming - along with loss of glacial systems, flash floods, and increased hurricanes. And analyzing the effect of climate change on meteorological systems such as tornadoes and hurricanes has been an essential part in looking at the effects of global warming, beyond shrinking ... [News Source]