Australia’s Rudd Stands by Call for Action on Climate Change (BusinessWeek) Action on climate change is in Australia’s national interest and must be pursued for the benefit of future generations, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. [News Source]

How to solve the climate problem. Halting and reversing the growth of carbon dioxide in the air requires an "all hands on deck" approach - there is no "silver bullet" solution for world energy requirements. People need to make basic changes in the way they live. Countries need to cooperate. [News Source]

Kashmir’s houseboats in decline. If it does not clean up its act the courts have threatened to close down the houseboats, which have entertained visitors since British times. [News Source]

Humiliation for green convert Sarkozy as carbon tax ruled unconstitutional. Nicolas Sarkozy's dreams of putting France on the frontline of the fight against global warming were in disarray today, after his flagship carbon tax was ruled unconstitutional two days before it was due to come into effect. [News Source]

Sarkozy rushes to revive carbon tax. French ministers scrambled on Wednesday to rescue a carbon tax aimed at cutting energy consumption, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court just 48 hours before it was due to come into force. [News Source]

Ruling blocks carbon tax in France. The French Constitutional Council has rejected a tax on carbon emissions strongly backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy that was to take effect Friday. But his ruling conservative party said the measure would be redrafted so it could be passed into law next year. [News Source]

Blow to Sarkozy as carbon tax halted at 11th hour. Nicolas Sarkozy's government was scrambling to salvage its flagship carbon tax yesterday after the French constitutional council struck down the measure just two days before it was due to come into force. [News Source]

Despite summit setback, UN canvasses emissions curb. Although a deal on aviation and maritime fuel emissions was not reached at this month's climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, the United Nations through its aviation agency is pushing on its aggressive plan of action to curb global warming greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Clashing over the climate. At the end of the Copenhagen climate talks that continued for about two weeks, developing nations seemed relatively satisfied with the final outcome, but not all of them. Those from Africa and small island nations declared it was nothing but another empty promise. [News Source]

What happened in Copenhagen? Part II. The achievement was a result of joint efforts by all the participating countries other than out of the will of one or two countries. [News Source]

Preserving the world’s tropical forests. Climate policy will create both disincentives and incentives for tropical deforestation: disincentives if the carbon emissions from forest clearing are priced and incentives as a price on carbon will increase the demand for carbon-neutral energy sources. [News Source]