Ghana: Climate Change - the Disguised Time Bomb (AllAfrica.com) World leaders have been warned that the risks of inaction over climate change far outweigh the turmoil of the global financial crisis. World Bank data shows that 20 million people across the world could be pushed into poverty if the credit crunch and the consequent economic recession should persist. [News Source]

UN report warns fishing industry on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) The fishing industry must do more to confront the effects of climate change as well as get a grip on the perennial problem of overfishing, said a UN report to be published Monday. [News Source]

GVSU’s water research institute focuses on global warming (The Muskegon Chronicle) MUSKEGON -- A Muskegon-based freshwater research institute is focusing more attention on how global warming is affecting West Michigan's lakes, streams and wetlands. Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute is placing a greater emphasis on studying the environmental... [News Source]