Climate change played key role in B.C. sockeye collapse, say scientists. Food-poor, predator-rich ocean waters caused by climate change likely played a significant role in decimating millions of sockeye salmon in British Columbia's Fraser River ahead of what was supposed to be a bumper year, says a scientific think tank. [News Source]

UN Kyoto climate change fund still to help poor nations. Poor countries suffering from the effects of climate change are yet to receive a penny from a flagship United Nations fund, the BBC has learnt. [News Source]

How to halt the catastrophe. To keep the planet's temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius, countries must increase their reliance on renewable energies, companies must produce more energy efficient and durable products and consumers must also change their buying behavior. Second of two parts. [News Source]

Rise in sea levels threatens California ports. Because of global warming, sea levels in California are expected to increase by 16 inches over the next 40 years, causing flooding and endangering facilities throughout the state, according to a report by the California State Lands Commission. [News Source]

U.S. pushes for emissions cuts from China, developing nations. The United States is willing to be a full partner in fighting climate change, but the real problem is with China and the developing world, two top Obama administration officials said Wednesday at the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen. [News Source]

Developing nations clash over climate targets. A major rift surfaced at UN climate talks between emerging giants and countries most exposed to the ravages of global warming as top polluter China took aim at rich nations for failing to act. [News Source]

Researchers tout conserving trees as a solution. Researchers at the Copenhagen global warning talks say they're finding success in reducing emissions by encouraging tropical countries to protect their forests. [News Source]

Cash for thunder: Bolivia demands ‘climate reparations.’ After a series of destructive floods, Bolivian president Evo Morales has demanded that industrialized countries fork over what some have called "climate reparations": mandatory compensation to developing nations for the increasingly devastating effects of CO2 emissions. [News Source]

Maldives’s unconventional president takes on dominant role in climate battle. Mohamed Nasheed is a global leader in the fight against climate change. In a region enmeshed in war and poverty, climate change is far from abstract: rising seas threaten to make this nation of about 400,000 uninhabitable. [News Source]

Rethinking Green: Fuel for debate. Before the recent ethanol craze, the world’s farmland was devoted to growing food. Kyoto-era mandates in Europe and the U.S. requiring refiners to blend biofuels with their petrol meant either less food, or clearing more farm land. [News Source]

World ‘has 10 years to reverse trends.’ Should nations fail to tackle the issue, giant mirrors in space, artificial trees and other so called “geo-engineering solutions” will be the only way to prevent disastrous overheating of the planet, the researchers warned. [News Source]