Climate change to make one billion refugees - agency (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) LONDON (Reuters) - Global warming will create at least one billion refugees by 2050 as water shortages and crop failures force people to leave their homes, sparking local wars over access to resources, a leading aid agency said on Monday. [News Source]

Climate change to make one billion refugees-agency (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Jeremy Lovell LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Global warming will create at least one billion refugees by 2050 as water shortages and crop failures force people to leave their homes, sparking local ... [News Source]

One billion to be displaced by 2050, global warming a factor, group warns (AFP via Yahoo! News) At least one billion people risk fleeing their homes over the next four decades because of conflicts and natural disasters that will worsen with global warming, a relief agency warned Monday. [News Source]

World’s city mayors eye climate change at New York summit (AFP via Yahoo! News) Mayors from more than 40 of the world's largest and most polluted cities are to meet in New York this week to agree ways to tackle climate change and promote the use of clean energy. [News Source]

CLIMATE CHANGE Carbon trade on Cabinet’s agenda (The Nation) The trade in carbon-emission credits, seen by some experts as a key to combating global warming, will be on the Cabinet's agenda this week. [News Source]

Intelligence chief OK’s global warming study (Boston Globe) WASHINGTON -- Stepping into the middle of a partisan debate on Capitol Hill, the nation's top intelligence official has endorsed a comprehensive study by spy agencies about the impact of global warming on national security. [News Source]

Are we to believe latest global warming report? (AG Weekly) The UN Climate Change panel is asserting — again — that humans are overheating the planet. Again, they have no evidence to support their claim — but they want the U.S. to cut its energy use by perhaps 80 percent just in case. [News Source]