George Will: Fluorescent bulb goof shows folly of climate-change circus (The Oxford Press) "Fervently" is how America will henceforth engage in talks on global warming. So said the president's climate-change negotiator Sunday in Germany, at a U.N. conference on reducing carbon emissions. [News Source]

Fairness must drive negotiations for climate change to change (Bellona Foundation) SARPSBORG, Norway – Some of the world’s leading environmental policy and business experts have gathered at the conference CC9 to talk about what needs to be done to make the world a bit more fair — at least when it comes to climate change matters. [News Source]

Obama ‘optimistic’ US can lead on climate change (AFP via Yahoo! News) President Barack Obama said Friday he was increasingly hopeful that the United States can lead the way on climate change, six months before crunch global talks in Copenhagen. [News Source]

Nurturing forests, peatlands will attack global warming: UNEP (AFP via Yahoo! News) Fixing deforestation, preserving peatlands and ending reckless agricultural methods could be a major weapon in tackling climate change, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Friday. [News Source]

Gambia: Climate Change - a Threat to Human Progress - NEA Executive Director Sarr (AllAfrica.com) Momodou B Sarr, executive director, National Environment Agency, has said that it is globally acknowledged that Climate Change is a great threat to human development. [News Source]

ICRISAT develops climate change ready varieties of pearl millet, sorghum, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut (SeedQuest) When the world gets warmer with climate change, the dryland tracts will become even drier making it more difficult for the farmers to grow crops in this region. [News Source]

Obama weighing appearance at Copenhagen climate talks, Hoyer says. President Obama may attend world climate talks in Copenhagen this December, marking the first visit to the annual U.N. conference by a sitting U.S. president since George H.W. Bush's 1992 trip to Rio de Janeiro. [News Source]

New data confirms UK will double Kyoto emission targets. According to a new UN report, UK greenhouse gas emissions are expected to be 23 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010, far exceeding its official target of a 12.5 per cent reduction in emissions. [News Source]

How carbon markets can make both economic and ecological sense. Preserving forests might make economic sense for governments and forest dwellers, and it could also help preserve the habitats of endangered mammals such as orangutans and elephants, according to a study released this week. [News Source]

Modest carbon price could save Borneo forests: Study. Tropical forests in Borneo under threat of conversion to palm oil plantations could be more profitable left standing if carbon credits were priced between $10 and $33 per tonne, a University of Queensland study has found. [News Source]

Invest in trees and soil, not just cleaner coal: U.N. Chopping down fewer trees and caring for the soil may be cheaper and more effective in fighting climate change than curbing emissions from coal plants, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Friday. [News Source]