Global Warming and Climate Change News

World’s mayors meet at New York climate change summit (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday May 14th 2007, 12:06 pm

Mayors and business leaders from more than 40 of the world's biggest cities were gathering in New York Monday for a summit devoted to combating climate change and cleaning up the environment. [News Source]

Climate change hurts low-emitting Africa (Sharewatch)
Monday May 14th 2007, 11:02 am

According to a landmark effort to assess the risks of global warming, Africa, by far the lowest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, is projected to be among the regions hardest hit by environmental change. [News Source]

Climate Change Hurts Low-Emitting Africa (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Monday May 14th 2007, 11:01 am

Global warming isn't just a matter of melting ice bergs and polar bears chasing after them. It's also Lake Chad drying up, the glaciers of Mt. Kilimanjaro disappearing, increasing extreme weather, conflict, and hungry people throughout Africa. [News Source]

Report: Africa hardest hit by climate change (Mail and Guardian)
Monday May 14th 2007, 10:32 am

Global warming isn't just a matter of melting icebergs and polar bears chasing after them. It's also Lake Chad drying up, the glaciers of Mt Kilimanjaro disappearing, increasing extreme weather, conflict, and hungry people throughout Africa. [News Source]

Global warming changing bird migration patterns (CTV.ca)
Monday May 14th 2007, 10:04 am

BONN, Germany -- Like canaries that once warned of danger in mine shafts, migrating birds are becoming harbingers of another risk - climate change. [News Source]

World’s city mayors eye climate change at New York summit (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday May 14th 2007, 8:51 am

Mayors from more than 40 of the world's largest and most polluted cities are to open a summit here Monday in the hope of agreeing on ways to tackle climate change and promote the use of clean energy. [News Source]

Report: Africa hardest hit by climate change (Mail and Guardian)
Monday May 14th 2007, 6:47 am

Global warming isn't just a matter of melting icebergs and polar bears chasing after them. It's also Lake Chad drying up, the glaciers of Mt Kilimanjaro disappearing, increasing extreme weather, conflict, and hungry people throughout Africa. [News Source]

Climate change could leave billions homeless (SABC News)
Monday May 14th 2007, 6:30 am

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 today. [News Source]

World’s city mayors eye climate change at New York summit (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday May 14th 2007, 4:00 am

Mayors from more than 40 of the world's largest and most polluted cities are to open a summit here Monday in the hope of agreeing on ways to tackle climate change and promote the use of clean energy. [News Source]

Britain appeals to US, China over climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday May 14th 2007, 3:05 am

Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy on climate change Monday called for the United States and China to alter their approaches to global warming ahead of a major international summit in June. [News Source]

Are we to believe latest global warming report? (AG Weekly)
Monday May 14th 2007, 12:31 am

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]