Climate change killed off Viking settlement on Greenland It was global cooling rather than global warming, but American climate scientists say new evidence points to the catastrophic effects of climate change on a Viking settlement on Greenland. [News Source]

Support for local community programs key to climate change response in Arctic ( Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences ) Johnson's research has taken her to Kanngiqtugaapik (Clyde River) on Baffin Island, Nunavut. There, she has been finding out how Inuit communities are adapting to climate change, and what contributions they are able to make to the development of policies and programs that affect them. [News Source]

Climate change killed off Viking settlement on Greenland It was global cooling rather than global warming, but American climate scientists say new evidence points to the catastrophic effects of climate change on a Viking settlement on Greenland. [News Source]

Climate change is analyzed from the perspective of the social sciences Research being carried out at Carlos III University of Madrid analyzes the key factors in climate change and the risks to public policies that it implies. This study approaches the issue from the perspective of Sociology, Economics and Law. [News Source]

Climate change augurs less rice yield, scientist says In this day and age of climate change, there is more than just fish kill, floods and drought in the Philippines, according to a climate scientist of the Ateneo de Manila University. Dr. Gemma Narisma of the Ateneo’s Manila Observatory warns that warmer nights can affect the volume of rice harvests while overall higher temperatures make mosquitoes and pests breed more and faster, causing diseases ... [News Source]

Food prices ‘will double by 2030,’ Oxfam warns. The prices of staple foods will more than double in 20 years unless world leaders take action to reform the global food system, Oxfam has warned. Half of that increase will be caused by climate change, Oxfam predicts. [News Source]

Feds considered hiring PR firm to polish image of oilsands. The federal government has explored hiring a public relations firm and organizing trips for international leaders to promote Canada's oilsands industry, while fighting back against foreign climate change policies requiring it to reduce its pollution, a newly released federal document has revealed. [News Source]

UK undermining Europe’s tar sands ban, say campaigners. Britain is being accused of undermining a European-wide drive to ban forecourt sales of petrol and diesel derived from the carbon-heavy tar sands of Canada. [News Source]

WWF questions professor over fracking. The claims by a Cape Town professor that fracking was a solution for South Africa's energy needs has been criticised by environmental organisations. [News Source]

Food prices ‘will double by 2030,’ Oxfam warns. The prices of staple foods will more than double in 20 years unless world leaders take action to reform the global food system, Oxfam has warned. Half of that increase will be caused by climate change, Oxfam predicts. [News Source]

Germany to close all of its nuclear plants by 2022. Germany, the economic engine of Europe, said Monday that it will close all of its nuclear power plants over the next 11 years, the latest aftershock from the Japanese earthquake and partial meltdown it set in motion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. [News Source]