Climate change fight could create many jobs. Aid specialists support a claim by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that efforts to adapt to climate change could create "millions of jobs" if enough funding is available. [News Source]

India green spending could reach $150b by 2017. Biofuels, wind and clean coal are among the top climate change investment themes for India, global bank HSBC says in a report, highlighting sectors expected to attract spending of $150 billion between 2008 and 2017. [News Source]

Oaklander’s global warming quilt for Obama. Ulla Nilsen is waiting for a phone call from Barack Obama. [News Source]

Segway inventor touts island as an energy model. Energy independence is still only a hypothetical goal for the U.S., but the owner of a tiny island off the coast of Connecticut says he has already achieved that feat and is offering his work as a model. [News Source]

Heat we emit could warm the Earth. Even if we turn to clean energy to reduce carbon emissions, the planet might carry on warming anyway due to the heat released into the environment by our ever-increasing consumption of energy. [News Source]

Time running out for tough action on warming. An analysis of the latest climate change science concludes that humanity is approaching the last chance to keep global warming below the danger threshold of 2ºC, the international conservation organisation World Wide Fund for Nature said Sunday. [News Source]

UN climate boss warns of “cheap, dirty” energy fix. The world must avoid a "cheap and dirty" fix for the economy that could undermine the fight against global warming, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Sunday. [News Source]

UN climate chief warns of ‘next economic crisis’. Investing in "cheap and dirty" power because of the global recession will lead to another financial crisis, the UN climate chief warned Sunday on the eve of tough international talks in Poland. [News Source]

UN climate talks a test of will. For the next two weeks, environment ministers from 192 nations will batten down in Poznan to confront one big question: can politicians bridge the gap that separates them from climate scientists over the action needed to avoid dangerous climate change? [News Source]

Australia squibs on climate promise. The Rudd Government has reneged on a commitment to present its 2020 target to cut greenhouse gases to UN climate talks that start today. The back-pedalling comes amid wrangling in cabinet over how far to go with curbing emissions. [News Source]

More than 2 months after Ike, oysters take shellacking. When fishermen drag the bottom of Galveston Bay, they are harvesting more than oysters these days. They may snag lumber, a water heater or possibly a television. [News Source]