Oregon governor seeks mandatory efficiency audits for home sales. Potential home sellers should invest in efficiency upgrades while they wait on the housing market--particularly if a new real estate mandate under consideration on the West Coast is a sign of what’s to come. [News Source]

REDD faces challenges but can succeed, says report. The Center for International Forestry Research, a forest policy think tank, today released its assessment on the proposed REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) mechanism for slowing climate change. [News Source]

Conservation atlas reveals ‘most valuable’ forest. A new atlas shows how conservation efforts can most efficiently make use of limited resources by laying out which forests store large amounts of carbon and are also home to a great diversity of animals and plants. [News Source]

NASA space probe to track CO2 on Earth. A new NASA mission called the Orbital Carbon Observatory, which will take measurements of how much carbon dioxide is in the air and how it is being recycled by Earth, is set to launch early next year. [News Source]

UN climate official defends global emissions program. After a U.S. government report this week called into question the efficacy of the U.N.'s global trading scheme to reduce greenhouse emissions, the top UN climate official defended the program and said he expected the U.S. to commit to new emissions targets. [News Source]

Old style ‘North-South’ rift opens at UN climate talks. Developing countries most at risk from climate change expressed frustration half way through a two-week UN climate conference that rich countries had not made stronger commitments on cutting greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Little progress so far on avoided deforestation at climate meeting in Poland. Climate talks in Poland are failing to make progress on a proposed mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, reports a forest policy group from the negotiations. [News Source]

Sarkozy, skeptical EU newcomers to seek climate compromise. French President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek a deal in Poland today with EU newcomers sceptical about the bloc's climate change plans to show European unity at a UN global warming conference. [News Source]

Report says 2 global programs to curb emissions fall short. The Government Accountability Office, in a report issued as the latest round of U.N. climate talks ended in Poland, has concluded that two key international programs aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions are not getting the job done. [News Source]

Dirty technology will lead to bigger economic crisis. The climate crisis is much bigger than the current economic crisis and will lead to a far worse recession, the UN and international NGOs warned here in Poznan, Poland, Friday. [News Source]

UN defends carbon-trading scheme from US criticism. The UN’s top climate official defended a global trading scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the US government released a report questioning its efficacy. [News Source]