Six Places in the World Where Climate Change Could Cause Political Turmoil   [archive]
by Mark Sappenfield, ABC News, 12/9/2007
From Nepal to Nigeria, Indonesia to the Arctic Circle, a warmer world poses different problems.

International Polls Find Robust Global Support for Increased Efforts to Reduce Emissions   [archive]
from Reuters, 12/17/2007
An analysis by WorldPublicOpinion.org of recent international polls reveals strong support around the world for decisive action to reduce the emission of climate-changing gases.

Climate Change Goal 'Unreachable'   [archive]
by Roger Harrabin, 12/10/2007
In private, some scientists and politicitans are pessimistic; but there has been a widespread unwritten code of optimism to avoid being accused of scaremongering or creating despair.

Science

Hold Back the Geoengineering Tide [archive]
by Kristina Gjerde, High Seas Policy Advisor to the World Conservation Union, 12/11/2007
Projects that add nutrients to the world's oceans in order to create algal blooms that will absorb more carbon from the atmosphere are scientifically unsound, argues Kristina Gjerde, high seas policy advisor to the World Conservation Union.

Did Carbon Save Earth From a Deep Freeze? [archive]
By Phil Bardelli, ScienceNow Daily News, 12/5/2007
Researchers are postulating that carbon in the ocean, dissolved from mineral deposits on the sea floor, has prevented Earth from becoming a giant snowball at critical junctures in its history. The findings also lend credence to a hypothesis that climate change and the global carbon cycle are tightly linked, with each influencing the other.

Carbon Market

Green Exchange Takes Root Soon  [archive]
by Paul Davidson, USA Today, 12/13/2007
A star-studded cast of energy and environmental brokers and investors is launching a new exchange for trading credits that offset the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.

First Global Carbon Index Unveiled  [archive]
Barclays Capital Press Release, 12/10/2007
Barclays Capital has launched the first index to track the performance of carbon credits issued though major greenhouse gas emissions trading schemes

IETA Says 2007 Carbon Market Could Hit US$70 Billion  [archive]
from Reuters, 12/11/2007
The market for trading in carbon emissions will probably be worth US$60 billion to US$70 billion this year, the head of an industry group said on Monday, upping an earlier estimate as the market drew new investors.

Politics/Legislation

Climate Deal Sealed by US U-Turn  [archive]
from BBC, 12/15/2007
Delegates at the UN summit in Bali have agreed a deal on curbing climate change after days of bitter wrangling.

The Word from Bali  [archive]
by Joe Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, 12/16/2007
An editorial from Joe Nation, a former member of the California Assembly, arguing in favor of state action pre-empting federal.

UN Eyes Global Warming Pact by 2009  [archive]
by Joseph Coleman, ABC/AP, 12/15/2007
In a dramatic finish to a U.N. climate conference, world leaders adopted a plan Saturday for negotiating a new global warming pact by 2009, after the United States backed down in a battle over wording supported by developing nations and Europe.

Preserving Tropical Forests is Key Issue at Talks on Global warming  [archive]
by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, Washington Post, 12/9/2007
As 12,000 people gathered in Bali this week to begin framing a global response to Earth's warming climate, efforts to close a deal that would slow destruction of tropical forests appear to be the best prospect for a concrete achievement from the historic assembly.

Climate Science Manipulation Alleged  [archive]
by H. Josef Hebert, AP, 12/11/2007
The White House has systematically tried to manipulate climate change science and minimize the dangers of global warming, asserts a Democratic congressional report issued after a 16-month investigation.