Your View — Global warming consensus more politics than science (Mankato Free Press) Fred Slocum has an opinion on global warming based on his readings. I also have an opinion on the subject based on my readings. Of the approximate 2,000 scientists who contributed articles for the IPCC summary report Slocum references, only about 100 are climate scientists. [News Source]

Asia-Pacific leaders to outline climate change tactics (TurkishPress.com) SYDNEY - Asia-Pacific countries including the world's worst polluters -- the United States and China -- will outline tactics for the post-Kyoto fight against climate change at a major summit this week. [News Source]

Scotland prepares to fight climate change (Guardian Unlimited) Scottish Executive will launch ambitious drive tomorrow to ensure Scotland does its duty to combat climate change. [News Source]

Global warming talks bring little agreement (The Buffalo News) PARIS — A five-day U.N. conference on climate change ended Friday in Vienna, Austria, with significant disagreements remaining about how countries should reduce greenhouse gas emissions and daunting estimates about the price tag for combating global warming. [News Source]

Climate change and N. America farms to be studied (Environmental News Network) Iowa State University researchers will join a study of climate change to produce mid-century projections by late next year of the likely regional effects on North American farms from global warming. "There is no question now that the climate is changing on a global scale," said Gene Takle, an Iowa State University professor of geological and atmospheric sciences who will lead a study to project ... [News Source]

RI fourth biggest contributor to global warming (The Jakarta Post) MAKASSAR (Antara): Indonesia has been ranked in the fourth position in the list of the biggest contributor countries to the global warming as a result of thehigh level of its forest fires, an environmental affairs official has said. [News Source]

Little agreement on climate change (Seattle Times) A five-day U. N. conference on climate change ended in Vienna on Friday with significant disagreements remaining about how countries should... [News Source]

Officials arrive ahead of APEC meeting to focus on global warming, trade (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Officials began arriving in Australia on Saturday to hammer out final details of a statement on climate change and to mark progress toward a Pacific-wide trade pact, days ahead of an annual summit of 21 regional leaders. [News Source]

RI fourth biggest to global warming: Official (Antara News) Indonesia has been ranked in the fourth position in the list of the biggest contributor countries to the global warming as a result of the high level of its forest fires, an environmental affairs official has said. [News Source]