National Trust: 16% of protected coastal habitat could be lost to erosion. In a new report the Trust says 279 kilometres of coastline - more than 170 miles - could be affected by erosion, and 852 hectares of coastal sites are at risk of tidal flooding. [News Source]

Climate change study predicts refugees fleeing into Antarctica. Climate change will force refugees to move to Antarctica by 2030, researchers have predicted. [News Source]

Exotic climate study sees refugees in Antarctica. Refugees are moving to Antarctica by 2030, the Olympics are held only in cyberspace and central Australia has been abandoned as too dry, according to exotic scenarios for climate change on Monday. [News Source]

From energy efficiency to war: Think tank sees 2030 climate future. The challenge posed by climate change could be resolved by a peaceful switch to a low-carbon economy, or alternatively inflict stresses that could include war and desertification of swathes of the US and Australia, the U.K.-based Forum for the Future said on Monday. [News Source]

Travel giant promises investors it will outline its carbon footprint. Thomas Cook has agreed to provide information on its carbon footprint after being "named and shamed" by investors last week, amid growing political clamour for change. [News Source]

Fiscal woes could delay climate change efforts. The financial crisis and a deepening economic downturn are threatening to delay efforts to deal with another pressing global crisis: climate change. [News Source]

Engineering green solutions. We all know about today's global challenges. How can we save the environment? Fight disease? Improve people's lives? And if there are two fields of study that can meet these challenges, they are technology and engineering. [News Source]

Warmer climate to dry up peatlands. Warmer temperatures in the years ahead will dry up peatlands, release more carbon dioxide into the world's atmosphere and aggravate global warming, a study in Japan has found. [News Source]

Cleaning air pollution in large cities may raise global temps. A German scientist has warned that cleaning air in large cities suffering from pollution problems by limiting car and power-plant emissions may raise global temperatures instead of lowering them. [News Source]

Greenpeace fumes at German carmakers. Greenpeace is pointing its finger at auto giants, saying their new cars emit more carbon dioxide than earlier models. The new findings blacken the environmental report cards of the German firms -- and undermine an industry trend of flaunting green credentials. [News Source]

Expansion of Stansted wins Hoon approval. The Government has been accused of reneging on its commitment to tackle climate change and ignoring local opinion after it stepped in to approve a major expansion of Stansted. [News Source]