Ice loss opens Northwest Passage

The most direct route through the Northwest Passage has opened up fully for the first time since records began, the European Space Agency (Esa) says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6995999.stm

New Zealand coalition Start first online Carbon Trading platform

M-co, Trade Me and Meridian Energy are working together to bring carbon trading to New Zealand. The key to enabling carbon trading is the new M-co user-friendly carbon emission units registry called ‘Regi’, which will facilitate the first ever auction of carbon emission units in New Zealand.
http://www.regi.co.nz/regPublic/registry.mt_announcement.showannouncement?p_announcement_id=1

UK Insurance industry launches climate change initiative

The insurance industry launched a major initiative (ClimateWise) to tackle the challenge of climate change and encourage more climate-friendly customer behaviour. The ClimateWise principles have been developed by leading global insurers, reinsurers, brokers and Lloyd’s of London to promote action on climate change. They will enable companies and organisations throughout the world to build climate [...]

Climate Change Threatens World Food Production

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) www.fao.org held a special session in Rome, Italy, [September 10-12] to discuss the impact of climate change on world food security. Experts say that if industrial emissions continue to rise as predicted, the warming temperatures, increased rainfall, droughts and floods resulting from global warming threaten to disrupt [...]

Renewable energy is not a bubble

Renewable energies and demand-side technologies have become the third largest investment class for venture capitalists (VC) in the U.S. This was just one of the messages heard by the more than 700 investors and entrepreneurs who convened on the campus of the University of California Davis this week for a three-day conference that showcased the [...]

UK green policies: how the parties compare

Comparison article about the  green ,policies adopted by the thre major UK political parties
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,,2168408,00.html

Forest nations create F8 to tackle climate change

Eight nations with the largest tropical forests have agreed to push for their protection to be made eligible for carbon credits.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20752157/

Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for new climate change deal

 
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus called Thursday for the speedy enactment of a new, binding global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, accusing the U.S. and China of being the world’s biggest polluters.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/13/asia/AS-GEN-SKorea-Global-Warming.php

Sinking Tuvalu pleads for global warming action

The group of atolls and reefs, home to about 10,000 people, is barely two metres on average above sea level. One study has predicted that at the current rate the ocean is rising, Tuvalu could disappear in the next 30 to 50 years.
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/14/2032472.htm?section=justin 

Africa: Continent Faces ‘Worst Effects From Global Warming’

Africa is still the most vulnerable and the least prepared continent to adapt to the consequences of climate change, experts have warned.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200709130059.html