A Last Warning on Global Warming   [archive]
by Bryan Walsh, TIME, 11/17/2007
All the nations in the world will play a role in the negotiations at the annual meeting of the U.N.'s Framework on Climate Convention, but their success and failure will come down to two countries: the U.S. and China.

U.N. Report Describes Risks of Inaction on Climate Change   [archive]
by Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times, 11/16/2007
In its final and most powerful report, a United Nations panel of scientists meeting here describes the mounting risks of climate change in language that is both more specific and forceful than its previous assessments, according to scientists here

Health Toll of Climate Change Seen As Ethical Crisis   [archive]
from ScienceDaily, 11/12/2007
The public health costs of global climate change are likely to be the greatest in those parts of the world that have contributed least to the problem, posing a significant ethical dilemma for the developed world, according to a new study.

Science

Climate Engineering for Dummies [archive]
by Brandon Keim, WIRED, 11/12/2007
Brandon Keim argues that "it's easy lose sight of climate change's big picture and our relationship to it...in a forward-looking, outlines-of-our-life kind of way."

Sun and Global Warming: A Cosmic Connection? [archive]
by Richard Black, BBC, 11/14/2007
Discussion of the theory that temperatures have been in flux over history (and rising now) due to variations in the sun's rays.

Carbon Market

Carbon Job Market Booming but Talent Pool is Dry [archive]
by Michael Szabo, Reuters, 11/14/2007
Million-dollar jobs in the infant global carbon market, which will double in value to $60 billion this year, are standing vacant because of a lack of suitable talent, according to senior recruiters in the industry.

Setting New Carbon Standards [archive]
by Jeffrey Ball, Wall Street Journal, 11/18/2007
Three groups representing some of the biggest sellers and buyers of carbon offsets are set to announce a "voluntary carbon standard" intended to distinguish offsets that are real from those that aren't.

Politics/Legislation

Challenges to Both Left and Right on Global Warming  [archive]
by Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 11/13/2007
An overview of several books written on the politics of global warming, as it relates to the bipartisan divide in the U.S.

The Carbon Tax Debate: Why a Cap-and-Trade System is Better  [archive]
by Felix Salmon, Conde Nast Portfolio, 11/13/2007
A column on the debate between a carbon tax and a carbon market, taking the side of the latter while acknowledging the strengths of the former.

World Body Warns Over Ocean 'Fertilisation' to Fix Climate Change  [archive]
from AFP, 10/12/2007
Countries gathered under an international accord on maritime pollution have warned against offbeat experiments to tackle climate change by sowing the sea with chemicals to help soak up airborne carbon dioxide (CO2).