Climate Change a Threat for Most Canadians (Angus Reid) (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Two-in-five adults in Canada believe global warming will significantly impact their life and the life of future generations, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 40 per cent of respondents feel this way about the effect of climate change. [News Source]

Climate change driving displacement: UN (New Kerala) Copenhagen/New York, Dec 17 : Climate change is the biggest factor driving forced displacement, a top United Nations official said, underscoring that global warming is blurring the traditional distinction between refugees and migrants. [News Source]

Climate talks look to U.S. for fresh ideas

U.N. climate negotiators look to the U.S. to bring fresh ideas to try to salvage a bare-bones political agreement by the end of the week on controlling global warming.

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JIM RYAN: Think before you leap to conclusion on climate change (The San Angelo Standard-Times) SAN ANGELO, Texas —I do not believe in global warming. That does not make me a climate change denier.Those two sentences capture a lot of what is wrong with the global warming debate. First sentence: Religious faith aside, I try not to believe much of anything. I prefer to think, analyze, weigh evidence and so forth. Entirely too many people are willing to embrace wholesale changes in the way we ... [News Source]

The columnist flip-flop on climate change (Seattle Times) A protestor with a green peace sign painted on his face takes part in a demonstration outside Bella Center, the venue of the U.N. climate change conference, in Copenhagen on Dec. 16. The largest and most important climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming. [News Source]

GOP’s global warming rumble: Sarah Palin v. Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) The Sarah Palin-Arnold Schwarzenegger clash over climate change pits two Republican stalwarts in a tiff that brings to the fore the divisions within the GOP on environmental policy and global warming. [News Source]

Analysis: Obama’s hands tied on climate

A warning to delegates in Copenhagen: If you're looking for President Barack Obama to cave to pressure and deepen U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gases, don't bet on it.

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At Copenhagen, many global warming issues likely to be unresolved (The Christian Science Monitor) As the Copenhagen global warming talks head into their final days, observers say many climate change issues are likely to be left unresolved. [News Source]

Bangladesh, Nepal say face worst from climate change (SpaceDaily) COPENHAGEN, Dec 16 (AFP) Dec 16, 2009 The leaders of Bangladesh and Nepal pleaded Wednesday for a climate change summit in Copenhagen to be ambitious, warning that the South Asian nations faced some of global warming's worst ravages. [News Source]

Climate Change Driving Displacement (Scoop.co.nz) New York, Dec 16 2009 4:10PM Climate change is the biggest factor driving forced displacement, a top United Nations official said today, underscoring that global warming is blurring the traditional distinction between refugees and migrants. [News Source]

Hopes of deal to help Third World nations cope with global warming (Times Online) The Secretary-General of the United Nations raised hopes tonight of a long-term financing deal to help Third World nations cope with the effects of global warming - a move that could help rescue a UN summit trying to reach a wider climate change agreement. [News Source]