What’s to become of the Kyoto Protocol? Whether to tweak, bolster or bury the Kyoto Protocol -- the only binding global agreement for curbing greenhouse gases -- has become a red-hot issue as UN negotiators in Bangkok try to lay the groundwork for a successor treaty. [News Source]

Melting Arctic poses challenges, naval powers say. International piracy and the challenges of Arctic Ocean corridors opening up as a result of global warming topped the agenda Wednesday at a gathering of world maritime powers. "The menaces from climate change cause growing concern," warned Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. [News Source]

Cholera, climate change and El Nino. Cholera is not only linked to climate change, it also has an El Nino angle. For instance, Papua New Guinea, an island state in the Pacific Ocean, recorded its first cholera cases in 50 years in 2009, which also happens to be an El Nino year. [News Source]

Thai villager beats back waves, but faces new threat. A Thai villager heroic feat of beating back waves slowly engulfing his community may be undone by a new foe -- the forces of climate change that are inexorably pushing up sea levels even as Thailand's Chao Phraya river delta continues to sink. [News Source]

China climate envoy says its unfair for all countries to have to fight global warming. China's top climate envoy insisted Wednesday that it is unfair to expect all countries to play a role in combating global warming, leading to a rare public spat with delegates from the U.S. and Europe. [News Source]

Changing alliances shape climate-change debate. The high-stakes fight over global warming legislation in Congress has forced American businesses to pick sides. And some old alliances are breaking as a result. [News Source]

Mexico calls U.S. a “stumbling block” in UN climate talks. The United States came under pressure to show leadership in UN climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbor is a stumbling block in efforts to try to craft a tough global climate agreement by December. [News Source]

Environmentalists fear climate deal. Environmentalists are growing concerned that Congress may be willing to risk the coasts in order to save the planet. [News Source]

Keidanren still cool to emission goal. Japanese business leaders remained cautious Wednesday about an ambitious government proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, stressing the need to build a nationwide consensus as the new industry minister urged them to join the debate. [News Source]

Era of cheap, easy oil is over, warns study. The world could start to run out of oil in the next ten years, sparking soaring energy prices and a rush for even more polluting fossil fuels, an influential new study by the UK Energy Research Council has warned. [News Source]

Assateague ‘could be broken apart’. An environmental advocacy group says Assateague Island National Seashore, listed among national parks most vulnerable to consequences of climate change, could be "broken apart by the sea" after getting hammered by rising seas and coastal storms. [News Source]