Climate Change Contributes to Darfur Crisis (Ag Report) JOHANNESBURG - Jun 28/07 - IRIN -- Climate change may be one of the causes of the Darfur crisis, but to consider it the single root cause would obscure other important factors and could hamper the search for solutions, climate and conflict analysts say. [News Source]

Global Warming May Hike U.S. Deaths (MedicineNet.com) Title: Global Warming May Hike U.S. Deaths Category: Health News Created: 6/28/2007 Last Editorial Review: 6/28/2007 [News Source]

Duke Energy Chairman Urges U.S. Senate to Adopt Cap and Trade System to Address Climate Change (FinanzNachrichten) CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following is a statement Duke Energy ( Nachrichten ) Chairman, President and CEO Jim Rogers gave today to the United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at its hearing "Examining Global Warming Issues in the Power Plant Sector." [News Source]

Africa: Africa Urged to Develop National Plans On Climate Change (AllAfrica.com) African countries have been urged to develop national plans on climate change in order to alleviate the impacts of global warming on the continent. [News Source]

U.S. House Passes Bill Affirming Global Warming Exists (Environmental News Network) The House of Representatives Wednesday, aiming to put an end to the debate over whether global warming is actually occurring, passed legislation recognizing the "reality" of climate change and providing money to work on the problem. [News Source]

Experts to discuss climate change health risks: WHO (Philstar.com) KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - International experts will discuss health threats in the Asia-Pacific from global warming at a meeting to be held in Malaysia from July 2, the World Health Organization said Thursday. [News Source]

Experts to discuss climate change health risks: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News) International experts will discuss health threats in the Asia-Pacific from global warming at a meeting to be held in Malaysia from July 2, the World Health Organisation said Thursday. [News Source]

Climate-change panel in motion (Orlando Sentinel) Those hot under the collar about global warming might get a chance to offer ideas. Floridians are worried about increasingly destructive storms, rising sea levels and other results of human-caused climate change, but they're also frustrated by having little ability to do anything about it. [News Source]

Schwarzenegger says cities will lead climate change battle (The Morning News) LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told U.S. mayors Saturday they must take the lead in battling global warming and creating an economy based on "clean" technology. [News Source]

WHO: 77,000 die annually in Asia-Pacific from climate change (INQ7.net) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- International experts will meet next month to discuss the threat to health posed by global warming, which directly or indirectly contributes to about 77,000 deaths annually in Asia-Pacific, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. [News Source]

WHO: 77,000 die annually in Asia-Pacific from climate change (The Star Online) KUALA LUMPUR: International experts will meet next month to discuss the threat to health posed by global warming, which directly or indirectly contributes to about 77,000 deaths annually in Asia-Pacific, the World Health Organization said Thursday. [News Source]