Climate change report urges cut in costs. Avoiding a global temperature increase of more than 2 degrees Celsius, which scientists regard as the safe limit, will be prohibitively expensive, while a less ambitious target would produce a cost-efficient result for the world economy, according to a new study. [News Source]

French winemakers sound alarm over climate change. Leading figures from the French wine and food industries are urging their government to push for a strong UN climate summit in December, warning that failure to cut greenhouse gases will devastate their sector. [News Source]

Study looks at warming’s effect on Beartooth glaciers. In the mid-1970s, Dr. Edward Chatelain was awed by the size of the glacier and the deep crevasses that sliced into its core. But when he returned two decades later, he could barely recognize the glacier of his memory. [News Source]

Alberta frets over U.S. climate change tariff bill. The Alberta government is worried about a provision in a U.S. climate change bill that would grant the president the power to slap tariffs on imports that have a carbon footprint larger than American-made goods. [News Source]

DPJ policies would raise annual CO2 emissions. A pledge by the main opposition party to scrap expressway tolls and special car taxes would raise the volume of road traffic and result in an annual increase of 9.8 million tons in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a research institute says. [News Source]

Climate sceptics and believers unite. It was a rare moment in the Australian environment this week when two hostile political species, the climate change sceptics and the believers, united to defeat the Labor government's plan to help abate global warming. [News Source]

Mixed reaction to Bill’s failure. The failure of the emissions trading scheme to pass the Senate yesterday received mixed reactions from business groups, with some warning that layoffs were likely to follow. [News Source]

Antarctic glacier ‘thinning fast.’ One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research. [News Source]

India against US trade barrier for climate policy. India wants the new global climate change agreement to ban trade barriers targeting nations that refuse to accept limits on their carbon emissions, the chief Indian climate negotiator said Friday. [News Source]

Cashing in on the smart grid. The biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Cisco Systems Inc., Google Inc. and Intel Corp. are investing in chips and software to upgrade the grid, and startups are pouring into what could be a $65 billion market by 2013. [News Source]

Soap operas to save energy. New scripts show characters conserving energy and considering how their choices affect the planet. [News Source]