Islanders appeal to U.N. climate talks

This week, by boat, bus and jetliner, Papua New Guinea villagers are converging on Bali, Indonesia, to seek help from the more than 180 nations gathered at the U.N. climate conference.

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U.S. Reluctant to Agree to Climate Change Policies (NPR) The American delegation to a U.N. conference on climate control tries to defend U.S. reluctance to commit to global policies on climate change, describing instead how it's countering global warming. Experts call for a new pact stemming the destructive rise in world temperatures. [News Source]

Might severe weather days double? At the end of this century, weather conditions that spawn severe thunderstorms could occur twice as often as they do now, a new study finds, forcing some U.S. cities to deal with a stormy future. [News Source]

Political Will Needed On Climate Change (Ag Report) JOHANNESBURG - Dec 3/07 - IRIN -- Officials stressed the need for "political will" to stem the impact of global warming as the United Nations Climate Change Conference got underway on the Indonesian island of Bali on 3 December. [News Source]

Global warming is either a challenge or a hoax (Tri-State Neighbor) Mentioning global warming, climate change or even carbon dioxide emissions in any circle is likely to be met with some sort of reaction. What some call the “biggest challenge of our times,” others call “a hoax.” [News Source]

Experts: Tropics widening, fringe areas drier Earth's tropical belt seems to have expanded a couple hundred miles over the past quarter century, which could mean more arid weather for some already dry subtropical regions, new climate research shows. [News Source]

Australia ratifies Kyoto warming treaty New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the paperwork Monday to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, making good on an election promise to overturn Australia's decade-long opposition to the international global warming pact. [News Source]

U.S. Reluctanct to Agree to Climate Change Policies (NPR) The American delegation to a U.N. conference on climate control tries to defend U.S. reluctance to commit to global policies on climate change, describing instead how it's countering global warming. Experts call for a new pact stemming the destructive rise in world temperatures. [News Source]

U.N. says U.S. must be part of climate change agreement (The Plain Dealer) Bali, Indonesia - World powers meeting at a United Nations climate change conference in Indonesia this week won't be able to craft a meaningful plan to address global warming without cooperation from the United States, the top emitter of greenhouse gases, the U.N.'s climate chief said Sunday. [News Source]

U.N. kicks off climate conference

Faced with melting polar ice caps and worsening droughts, climate experts at a massive U.N. conference Monday urged quick action toward a new pact to halt a rise in world temperatures.

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Climate change conference opens on Indonesia’s Bali (AFP via Yahoo! News) A major UN-sponsored climate change conference opened on Indonesia's Bali Monday, tasked with crafting a road map for negotiations leading to a new pact for addressing global warming. [News Source]