Pacific can only wait for industrialised nations to make up their minds - Analyst. Pacific island countries have no choice but to await emission reduction decisions by industrialised nations, as alone they are powerless to contribute in a meaningful way to global mitigation efforts. [News Source]

Climate change not imminent danger, UN panel chief says. There is no clear evidence that global warming is an imminent danger to the world, says Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [News Source]

Not waving but drowning: Island states plead at UN talks. Dozens of small island nations threatened by climate change have taken their case to the UN talks here, saying rising seas are already lapping at their shores and may eventually wash some of their number off the map. [News Source]

Metro Vancouver’s last glacier on its way out. Metro Vancouver's last remaining glacier - a 20-hectare mass of ice in the Coquitlam watershed - could be wiped out within 100 years due to global warming, according to a geoscientist for the region. [News Source]

Developing countries most vulnerable to climate change. Climate continues to change at an unprecedented rate because of the effects of man-made global warming, and the risks of these changes are already happening in many systems and sectors essential for human livelihood. [News Source]

Ice maker fearing a global thaw. As many as 100,000 people from Japan and abroad visit Tetsuo Asami's shaved ice parlor every summer in Minano, a small town in the Chichibu region of Saitama Prefecture, seeking out his products that use naturally frozen ice and are known for their rich taste. [News Source]

Victims of global warming could sue oil and power companies. Flood victims and those affected by extreme weather conditions could soon be able to sue oil and power companies they blame for global warming, according to a climate change expert. [News Source]

Oil giants could soon face lawsuits over climate, says Oxford University scientist. People affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue the oil and power companies they blame for global warming, a leading climate expert has said. [News Source]

Camel plague threatens pastoral industry. More than a million camels, the largest wild herd on Earth, are ravaging a vast region of 3.3 million square kilometres in the heart of Australia. [News Source]

Fifth of corals are dead, CO2 destroys ocean habitat . One-fifth of the world’s corals have died and many remaining reefs may be lost by 2050 as carbon dioxide from cars and pollution-spewing industries make ocean water warmer and more acidic. [News Source]

Rich nations must plan for floods, heat and drought now, warns panel. The most severe and immediate impacts of climate change will hit developing countries. But the rich, developed world will also be affected, and adapting to the changes will be extremely expensive. [News Source]