Rising U.S. population makes 2050 climate cut harder. A rising population will make it harder for the United States to make 2050 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than for Russia and some other rich nations with shrinking populations, a Reuters survey showed. [News Source]

Maverick geologist lauds greenhouse gas. Geologist H. Leighton Steward says forget capping CO2 emissions, and forget the consensus of the mainstream scientific establishment — just keep pumping more of it into the atmosphere, and the world's plants and trees will blossom and multiply. [News Source]

Climate negotiators don’t meet leaders’ pledges. Negotiators at global climate change talks are not delivering on promises by their leaders to clinch a deal at a key meeting in Copenhagen in December, a top U.N. environmental official said on Monday. [News Source]

UK ‘needs step change’ on climate. The UK needs a "step change" in policies to reduce carbon emissions if it is to meet its own climate targets, government advisers have said. The Committee on Climate Change says emissions are falling at 0.5% per year, whereas 2-3% is needed to meet targets. [News Source]

Climate change re-shapes tourism. A carbon clampdown could make long-distance travel too expensive for most people. [News Source]

Kashmir glaciers shrinking at ‘alarming’ speed. Rising winter temperatures are shrinking Himalayan glaciers in Indian Kashmir at "alarming" speeds, threatening water supplies to vast tracts of India and Pakistan, according to a new study. [News Source]

Glacier meltdown scale arouses debate. The melting of the glaciers in the Himalayan belt may be a hot topic linked to the ongoing debate on climate change. [News Source]

Road pricing ’should be used to help meet carbon targets.’ Road pricing, rigid 70mph speed limits on motorways and mandatory, eco-driving lessons should be introduced to help country meet legally-binding carbon emissions targets, a key Government advisory committee has said. [News Source]

‘Dig for victory over climate change and grow your own food.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for “unsustainable” air-freighted food to be replaced gradually by homegrown produce from thousands of new allotments. [News Source]

IEA calls for fast action on carbon storage in developing world. Developing countries need more than 2,000 carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) plants by midcentury to stave off catastrophic global warming, an International Energy Agency report out today will say. [News Source]

Voluntary CO2 market not netting emissions cuts. The market for companies choosing to offset their carbon footprints is not achieving meaningful emissions cuts yet, market players said at a carbon industry conference in London on Tuesday. [News Source]