China is first developing nation to issue national action plan on climate change: official (People’s Daily) China is the first developing country to establish a national action plan on climate change and show its willingness to act as a responsible one in the combat against global warming, Ma Kai, minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on Monday. [News Source]

China Says Impact of Climate Change Clearer Daily (Planet Ark) BEIJING - The impact of global warming on China is clearer each day, but climate change must be tackled in a way that allows sustainable development, a top-level meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao agreed. [News Source]

Oxfam Calls on G8 to Stop Harming, Start Helping with Climate Change (Kansas City InfoZine) Human-induced climate change is already causing harm to the world's poorest people, who are the least responsible for emissions and least able to adapt to climatic shocks, according to a new report published today ahead of the G8 summit by international agency Oxfam. The agency called on G8 countries to urgently take action to keep global warming below 2 Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) and pledge to ... [News Source]

China set to confront climate change, defend growth (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China's first plan for climate change will seek to fortify the country against damage from global warming but also against international pressure to cut greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth. [News Source]

China set to confront climate change, defend growth (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Chris Buckley BEIJING, June 3 (Reuters) - China's first plan for climate change will seek to fortify the country against damage from global warming but also against international pressure to cut ... [News Source]

Most Americans Regard Global Warming as Fact (Angus Reid) (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in the United States believe climate change is a reality, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN. 54 per cent of respondents think global warming is a proven fact and is mostly caused by emissions from cars and industrial facilities such as power plants and factories. [News Source]

Why critics are bashing Bush’s proposals on climate change (The Star-Ledger) On the eve of the G-8 summit in Bonn, President Bush has proposed that the world's leading greenhouse gas-emitting nations meet over the next 18 months and produce a plan to address climate change by the end of 2008. On Thursday, Bush also outlined his own plans to tackle global warming. [News Source]