Global warming concerns after Africa deluge (Financial Times) More than 1m people have been hit by some of the worst floods in Africa in a generation, fuelling concerns over the continent’s exposure to extreme weather events linked to climate change. [News Source]

Ban urges countries on global warming (AP via Yahoo! News) The science is clear and the time short, but the political will is lacking to confront global warming, the U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday. [News Source]

Agriculture ministry wakes up to global warming (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Waking up to the to the reality of global warming, the agriculture ministry has launched affirmative steps to alleviate problems arising out of the phenomenon. The ministry is in the process of taking stock of the situation to incorporate the science of climate change in the policy perspective and implementation plans of the agriculture sector. Considering the importance of climate change in an ... [News Source]

Scientist warns of climate change impact (AP via Yahoo! News) Climate change could mean higher temperatures, less winter precipitation and less spring runoff for the Southwest, a climatologist says. [News Source]

Ban urges countries on global warming (AP via Yahoo! News) The science is clear and the time short, but the political will is lacking to confront global warming, the U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday. [News Source]

Electronics help predict global warming (EETimes) Semiconductor modeling tools enable scientists to make more accurate predictions about global warming. [News Source]

Cost, safety fears threaten climate change remedy (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) LONDON (Reuters) - Cost overruns and legal and safety uncertainties could stall a new technology seen vital in the fight against climate change, and which works by burying underground the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. [News Source]

EU sets up 50 million euro fund for poor nations to fight global warming (AFP via Yahoo! News) The European Commission on Tuesday announced the creation of a fund to help developing nations battle climate change, putting in 50 million euros (69 million dollars) itself to kick it off. [News Source]

Global warming to increase infectious disease: study (AFP via Yahoo! News) Global warming likely will lead to an increase in infectious disease around the world, as viruses, microbes and the agents that spread them flourish, experts at a medical conference warned Tuesday. [News Source]

Global warming lawsuit dismissed (Los Angeles Times) A judge denies the state's bid for damages from carmakers. California's attempt to collect billions of dollars in damages by accusing automakers of creating a global warming-related "nuisance" was dismissed Monday by a federal judge in San Francisco. [News Source]

Climate change to bring less water, hotter temps to New Mexico (7:08 p.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News) LAS CRUCES — Warmer temperatures, less winter precipitation and less snow run-off are the likely impacts of climate change in New Mexico and across the Southwest, a climate expert said Monday during a workshop here about global warming. [News Source]