Climate change bill process flawed, says Smith (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News) Parliamentary consideration of the climate change bill is so seriously flawed it is putting at risk one of the most important pieces of legislation in the past 20 years says the deputy chairman of the select committee looking at the proposals. [News Source]

Getting to grips with food scarcity, climate change (The New Straits Times) LAST November, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its annual flagship publication, the Human Development Report, themed "Fighting Climate Change -- Human Solidarity in a Divided World". [News Source]

Leading climatologist demystifies the science of global warming (Santa Cruz Sentinel) When it comes to complex subjects like climate change, most of us rely on the consensus of experts to shape our opinion. [News Source]

British birds adapt to global warming (Los Angeles Times) Great tits adjust their breeding season so that chicks hatch when winter moth caterpillars -- their main food source -- are most plentiful, long-term research shows. Researchers have found that at least one bird population in England has managed to adjust to global warming. [News Source]

Students call on politicians to act on global warming (Times of Malta) The students in the courtyard of the President's Palace in Valletta, yesterday. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier Students from various schools yesterday called upon politicians to use their position to address climate change and stressed the role that each person plays in reducing this global concern. [News Source]

Evangelicals press to fight global warming (Macon Telegraph) When the Senate takes up legislation next month to confront global warming, environmental groups will have some fervent new allies: evangelicals and other Christian activists. [News Source]