Climate change pioneer talks down Copenhagen (ABC Radio Australia) The scientist who convinced the world that global warming was a looming danger says the planet would be better off, if next week's Copenhagen climate change summit ended in collapse. [News Source]

Climate change support strong (Straits Times) WASHINGTON - STRONG majorities around the world back action to fight climate change, with enthusiasm especially strong in developing nations, a World Bank survey said on Thursday. The 15-nation survey, released four days before a high-stakes climate summit opens in Copenhagen, found widespread worries that global warming will eventually harm people, although also some cynicism about the science. [News Source]

‘Adapt or die’ becomes climate mantra

With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.

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India joins pledges to curb carbon India pledged Thursday to significantly slow the growth of its carbon emissions, becoming the last major emitting country to announce a climate policy before a U.N. summit opens next week. [News Source]

Penn State prof welcomes climate inquiry A Penn State climate researcher said he welcomes scrutiny into leaked e-mails at the center of a controversy over what's causing global warming after the university said it would look into the issue. [News Source]

Penn State professor welcomes climate change scrutiny (The Daily Item) STATE COLLEGE — A Penn State professor and climate researcher said he welcomes scrutiny into leaked e-mails at the center of an international controversy over what's causing global warming after the university said it would look into the issue.Hackers breached servers at a climate change research center in London two weeks ago, stealing thousands of e-mails and other documents and posting them ... [News Source]

Copenhagen Offers ‘50-50 Chance’ of Averting Dangerous Global Warming (Environment News Service) , December 3, 2009 (ENS) - The world has a "50-50 chance" of avoiding global warming of more than two degrees Celsius, the threshold for dangerous climate change, if a strong political agreement can be reached at the United Nations conference in Copenhagen, and then implemented, says Lord Nicholas Stern, an economics and climate expert at the London School of Economics and Political Science. [News Source]

Global Warming Skeptics Cite Emails to Seek Halt to EPA Actions (KIAH-TV Houston) Congressional Republicans called on the Obama administration Wednesday to suspend its efforts to combat global warming until the controversy is resolved over recently disclosed emails that critics say raise questions about the scientific underpinnings of the climate change issue. [News Source]

Governor: Backup plan on global warming needed (San Francisco Chronicle) California has set an ambitious agenda to combat climate change, but on Wednesday Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the state needs to prepare for the worst if human action cannot stop global warming and the rise of sea levels. In an announcement on San... [News Source]

University in climate flap details inquiry The British university at the center of what climate skeptics are calling "Climategate" on Thursday named an outside reviewer and detailed what would be investigated. [News Source]

For clean energy, Britain looks out to sea. England has placed a big bet on offshore wind power to cut emissions radically by 2050 and is driving hard to get projects built. The government has shown a willingness to intervene heavily in energy markets and overrule local concerns. [News Source]