Climate change top issue, CEOs declare
Canada Globe and Mail, October 1, 2007
The Canadian Council of Chief Executives released a declaration calling climate change "the most pressing and daunting issue" today, and acknowledging the need for "aggressive" action including "absolute" emission cuts. It's the clearest signal sent to date by a broad coalition of Canadian businesses that they embrace the fight against climate change and accept the need for emission cut targets.

Climate change disaster is upon us, warns UN
The Guardian, October 9, 2007
(This link offers pictures of flooding and drought from around the world) A record number of floods, droughts and storms around the world this year amount to a climate change "mega disaster", the United Nation's emergency relief coordinator, Sir John Holmes, has warned.

European Cities Take the Lead on Climate Change
Assoc. Press, September 13, 2007
From London's congestion charge to Paris' city bike program and Barcelona's solar power campaign, initiatives taken at the local level are being introduced across the continent - often influencing national policies instead of the other way around.

Gore Shares Peace Prize for Climate Change Work
NY Times, October 13, 2007
Former Vice President Al Gore was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations network of scientists.

All eyes on California climate-change fight
USA Today, October 9, 2007
California regulators will be considering measures this month the state may take to try to achieve it's greenhouse gas reduction goals and many other states are watching closely.

Obama Proposes Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Making Polluters Pay
NY Times, October 9, 2007
Senator Barack Obama presented a plan to decrease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and fight global warming by creating an auction system requiring power companies and other industries to pay for their pollution.

Where the '08 contenders stand on global warming
Christian Science Monitor, October 15, 2007
The positions of the presidential contenders range from enacting a corporate carbon tax to dismissing the threat.

Lynch Creating Climate Change Task Force by Executive Order
WCAX-TV (Vermont), October 12, 2007
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch is establishing a task force to develop a Climate Change Action plan for the state.

Pataki Joins Climate Panel
Albany Times Union, October 5, 2007
Former New York Gov. George Pataki has been named co-chairman of a task force on global climate change for the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan center for scholars focusing on world and foreign policy.

Sea Ice in Retreat
NY Times, October 1, 2007
This summer saw a record-breaking loss of Arctic sea ice. Over all, the floating ice dwindled to an extent unparalleled in a century or more, by several estimates. This interactive graphic details the extent of the loss and the contributing factors

Climate Change Likely To Help With Groundwater Recharge
Science Daily, October 9, 2007
If atmospheric CO2 levels double within this century, as many climate models predict, some areas could experience large increases in the rate of groundwater recharge, the process by which water filters through the soil and enters aquifers.

Climate Change Will Impact Global River Flow, Scientists Warn
Science Daily, October 13, 2007
The projections indicate that every populated basin in the world will experience changes in river discharge. For example, by the 2050's, mean annual river discharge is expected to increase by about 20 percent in the Potomac and Hudson River basins but to decrease by about 20 percent in Oregon's Klamath River and California's Sacramento River.

Climate Business/ Business Climate
Harvard Business Review, October 2007
Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard University based at Harvard Business School in Boston and Forest L. Reinhardt, the John D. Black Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School offer their thoughts on how and why business should address climate change strategically.