Abu Dhabi develops food farms in Sudan. Abu Dhabi is to develop nearly 30,000 hectares of farmland in Sudan in the first step towards ensuring food security, a move which follows similar projects by Middle Eastern countries locking up land to guarantee supplies of food at a reasonable cost. [News Source]

Talks may heat up and go nowhere but global warming isn’t waiting. Eleven of the 12 years between 1995 and 2006 ranked among the 12 warmest years since 1850, and since 1993 the global sea level has risen by an annual rate of 3.1 mm. [News Source]

Global warming threatens Everglades, residents. Few places in the U.S. are more threatened by global warming than Everglades National Park in Florida. Park officials say the national park as well as the water supply and flood control for 6 million people who live in south Florida are at risk. [News Source]

Storms show impact of warming: scientists. Floods like those that inundated the U.S. Midwest are supposed to occur once every 500 years, but this is the second since 1993, suggesting flawed forecasts that do not take global warming into account. [News Source]

Global warming threatens future of tuatara. Tuatara have walked the earth for over 200 million years, but their future is looking shaky with new research suggesting climate change is threatening the existence of the species. [News Source]

Iowans warned to expect recurring flooding. Iowans will eventually see more severe flooding every few years because of new flood risks, including rain patterns altered by climate change, the National Wildlife Federation said Tuesday. [News Source]

‘100-year flood’ not an accurate description. Some scientists and disaster officials say the use of terms such as “100-year flood” should be re-evaluated because they are often misunderstood and can give the public a false sense of security. [News Source]

Renewable energy is ‘green gold-rush’. Buoyed by soaring fossil-fuel prices and concerns over the carbon dioxide emissions, investment in clean energy last year rose three times faster then predicted by the United Nations, to $148 billion. [News Source]

At $9 per gallon, British driving habits change. As more people opt for fewer car trips, carpooling, and public transportation, environmentalists point out that high fuel prices are also leading to reduced carbon emissions. [News Source]

‘Green is green’. Regulating greenhouse gas emissions will not kill business and will not be devastating to the economy, as some people argue, the head of the world’s third largest company said Tuesday. [News Source]

Carbon capture: pipe dream or climate change weapon? Carbon capture and storage (CSS) is fast becoming the oil industry's favourite solution to the climate crisis but the seductive simplicity of the idea masks a series of doubts about its viability. [News Source]