Uganda hopes to gain from carbon trading. With countries battling to tackle effects of climate change, Uganda is looking at how she can benefit from the sale of carbon credits, a relatively new market mechanism intended to address global warming. [News Source]

Boost in free ETS permits under study. The Rudd Government could offer more free permits to trade-exposed industries under its emissions trading scheme, as it seeks the broadest possible support for its finalised plan against the backdrop of the global economic crisis. [News Source]

Greenhouse gases will heat up planet ‘for ever’. A new study by some of the world's top climate scientists has concluded that the effects of CO2 pollution will be felt for hundreds of thousands of years. [News Source]

Scientists study Yangtze delta monsoons to understand human impact on climate. Chinese scientists are for the first time to start tracking monsoons in the eastern Yangtze River Delta in an attempt to reveal how human activities have impacted on climate change. [News Source]

Obama buzz felt at global climate talks. The president-elect won't be there, but an Obama buzz will crackle through the conference hall when negotiators gather Monday for a final push toward a sweeping new global warming treaty. [News Source]

Beware the church of climate alarm. As the Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, an economist, anti-totalitarian and climate change sceptic, prepares to take up the rotating presidency of the European Union next year, climate alarmists are doing their best to traduce him. [News Source]

Schwarzenegger casting ahead to future role. Arnold Schwarzenegger still has two years left in his term as California's governor, but the Austrian-born Hollywood star already appears to be preparing for his next role — likely on the world stage. [News Source]

Climate battle will fail unless poor helped: Barroso. Efforts to tackle global climate change will fail unless poorer countries are helped to adapt to the environmental and technological challenges, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso was set to say in Doha on Saturday. [News Source]

UN chief ’satisfied’ with Obama’s view on climate change. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday that he was encouraged by US president-elect Barack Obama's view of the global problem of climate change, hailing a new attitude from the United States. [News Source]

Climate alters intensity of western fires. Wildfire has marched across the West for centuries. But no longer are conflagrations fueled simply by heavy brush and timber. Now climate change is stoking the flames higher and hotter, too. [News Source]

Climate change gathers steam, say scientists. Earth's climate appears to be changing more quickly and deeply than a benchmark UN report for policymakers predicted, top scientists said ahead of international climate talks starting Monday in Poland. [News Source]