World CO2 emissions growth keeps focus on coal, China. Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose last year to 31.5 billion metric tons of the greenhouse gas, as China, India and Russia burned more coal, the most polluting of the major fuels. [News Source]

China makes renewable power play to be world’s first green superpower. In recent years, the world has grown used to condemning China as a climate criminal. But over the next few weeks and months, don't be surprised if you hear the same nation being hailed as the planet's first green superpower. [News Source]

Report disperses migration myth. The first global survey of human migration driven by climate change suggests that most relocation will be regional rather than international in scale. [News Source]

Russia presses claim to Arctic energy riches. Russia will rebuild its Soviet-era network of polar stations and use its nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet to help support its claim to the vast resources of the Arctic, the man who led a mission to plant a Russian flag on the Arctic seabed said Wednesday. [News Source]

Michigan winds may be losing strength. Michigan's winds have been seen as a source of future energy and economic growth. But new research suggests winds may be decreasing in strength, particularly in the Midwest, creating a potential dampening effect on plans. [News Source]

Water stress, ocean levels to unleash climate exodus: study. Tens of millions of people will be displaced by climate change in coming years, posing social, political and security problems of an unprecedented dimension, a new study said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Climate change could displace millions: study. A recent UN-backed study said climate change could displace millions of people in the future. [News Source]

Report says climate change is adding to migration. Global warming is uprooting people from their homes and, left unchecked, could lead to the greatest human migration in history, with a potential 200 million to 700 million climate refugees by 2050, a report released Wednesday warned. [News Source]

US wind farm energy up in the air over climate change, says study. The great gusting winds of the American midwest – and possibly the hopes for the most promising clean energy source – may be dying, in part because of climate change, according to a new report. [News Source]

Global warming will have serious consequences. Global warming is happening at a much faster rate than first predicted, and if something isn’t done to slow it down, many countries will be in for a great deal of suffering, says internationally renowned author and journalist Gwynne Dyer. [News Source]

Blitz spirit revived for the climate change war. The Edinburgh Community Backgreens Association (ECBA) is set to revive the wartime spirit that turned thousands of green spaces into temporary allotments in a bid to battle global warming. [News Source]