Global warming opinion and the role of partisan cues II (Larvatus Prodeo) Today’s Neilsen poll, published in the Fairfax press, contains some interesting findings about public opinion on the CPRS and on the climate change policies of the major parties. Just under two months ago, I noted that shifts in public opinion about the reality of anthropogenic global warming appeared to be strongly related to partisan cues, in [...] [News Source]

Water at core of climate change impacts, UN experts warn (The Malaysian Insider) OSLO, Feb 8 – The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday. Desertification, flash floods, melting glaciers, heat waves, cyclones or water-borne diseases such as cholera are among the impacts of global warming inextricably tied to water ... [News Source]

Climate change tied to water (Straits Times) OSLO - THE main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past cooperation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday. Desertification, flash floods, melting glaciers, heatwaves, cyclones or water-borne diseases such as cholera are among the impacts of global warming inextricably tied to water. And ... [News Source]

Global warming is man-made, top UN official reaffirms (Pakistani Newspaper) UNITED NATIONS, Jan 7 (APP): The great weight of science still supports that global warming is man-made, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said Sunday following recent attacks from climate change skeptics over a mistake in the assessment. [News Source]

Climate change critics ‘funded’ (The New Zealand Herald) A campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claim.The attack against scientists supportive of the idea of man-made climate change has... [News Source]

Climate change critics ‘funded’ (The New Zealand Herald) A campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claim. [News Source]

Rudd missed opportunity to dump failed emissions scheme. In the absence of a global agreement, carbon taxes applied by governments is the only sensible way to incorporate the cost of carbon pollution into prices to discourage carbon-intensive industries. [News Source]

The storm over climate change. One of the most common questions I get from readers these days is why are the Canadian media ignoring the growing global controversy over the credibility of climate change research and in particular, of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? [News Source]

Republican senator: An energy bill without carbon regulation would be “half-assed.” How can the energy market scale up technologies that don't pump copious quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? [News Source]

Is global warming a plot? Mm, nah. I just love conspiracy theories. And so, apparently, does Rep. Mike Noel. [News Source]

Rudd missed opportunity to dump failed emissions scheme. Kevin Rudd is not showing much political or environmental nous by sticking with his Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme to reduce carbon emissions. [News Source]