The UN and climate change: The icy road to Bali
The Economist, November 1, 2007
The UN's quiet new boss, Ban Ki-Moon, is hoping that his eco-tour of the southern hemisphere will concentrate minds on the planet's travails.

Third of Africa coastline at risk from climate change: UN
Associated Free Press, November 9, 2007
Around a third of Africa's existing coastline could be swallowed up by rising water levels brought on by global warming, the United Nations' top environment official said.

UN panel to set new path on climate at meeting
Internaltional Herald Tribune, November 11, 2007
Delegations and scientists participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Valencia, Spain, to draft a 70 page report summarizing the three IPCC reports released earlier this year. The meeting is being held a month before UN climate talks in Bali, Indonesia, with hopes of influencing governments as they formally begin efforts to negotiate a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.

Opec shifts its stance on climate change
Financial Times, November 15, 2007
Opec is seeking to reposition itself at the centre of the climate change debate by pushing for a fund to finance research and development on emissions capture and sequestration technology as a means to clean up fossil fuels.

Transportation forever linked with climate change
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 7, 2007
Puget Sound's Proposition 1, a roads and transit measure recently rejected by Washington voters, split the business community, divided political leaders of the same party, and pitted environmental groups against one another. One early lesson that we can draw from its failure is that climate protection and transportation are now linked. To garner enough public support to win, future transportation plans will need to treat climate protection as a guiding principle.

Many 'Green' mayors fall short:
Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 2007
Mayors from around the United States gathered in Seattle to cheer local efforts to fight global warming. More than 700 of them have pledged to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in their cities. But, despite support of local greening efforts, cities will have to more than redouble their efforts in order to make a real difference, say experts.

Midwest governors sign climate change accord
Reuters, November 15, 2007
The midwest U.S. states from Ohio to Kansas signed agreements this week designed to cut greenhouse gases, promote energy conservation and fight global warming.

Embracing Reggie : A scheme that tries to avoid Europe's mistakes
The Economist, November 15th, 2007
Ten northeastern states formed the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), an agreement to cut emissions from power plants by 10% between 2009 and 2018, out of despair at the federal government's failure to tackle emissions growth. RGGI's designers hope to avoid some of the flaws of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the European Union's ongoing experiment with cap-and-trade.

Governors Join in Creating Regional Pacts on Climate Change
NY Times, November 15, 2007
Frustrated with the slow progress of legislation in Washington on energy and global warming, the nation’s governors have created regional agreements to cap greenhouse gases and are engaged in a concerted lobbying effort to prod Congress to act. Beginning Monday, three Western governors will appear in a nationwide television advertising campaign sponsored by Environmental Defense to generate public and political support for climate change legislation now before the Senate.

An astonishing undertaking
Daily Freeman, November 8, 2007
Last week's takeover of the operation of Stewart International Airport by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey came with a promise: The operation of the airport will be "carbon-negative." This means that the growth of the airport not only will not lead to more carbon emissions contributing to global warming, but actually will result in fewer such emissions. It would be the world's first such airport.

Landscape Architects' Report Offers Hundreds of Tips for Sustainable Sites
GreenerBuildings.com, November 2, 2007
The American Society of Landscape Architects released a comprehensive report of the ways that architects, designers and facility managers can enhance how well their sites fit into surrounding ecosystems, provide cleaner air and water, and reduce the impact of climate change. The report lists more than 200 ways to improve ecosystem services at the site level. The program will develop pilot projects to test a landscape design rating system, leading to adoption by the U.S. Green Building Council as part of its LEED Green Buildings program.

Dominion, Virginia Tech Partner to Address Climate Change Issue for Power Stations
CNN Money, November 03, 2007
Dominion, one of the nation's largest energy producers, willl provide $500,000 toward Virginia Tech research for a test site in Southwest Virginia selected to store carbon dioxide emissions.

Groups to Monitor Whales in Beaufort Sea
Fox News, November 06, 2007
Endangered humpback and fin whales swam hundreds of miles north of their usual habitat this summer in what may be another sign of the effects of global warming and the shifting Arctic ecosystem.

World body warns over ocean 'fertilisation' to fix climate change
Associated Free Press, November 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).

Challenges to Both Left and Right on Global Warming
NY Times, November 13, 2007
Three recent books highlight a bit of a warming trend between the left and the right on climate change policy. Instead of bashing old foes, the authors, all influential voices in the climate debate with roots on the left or the right, tend to chide their own political brethren and urge a move to the pragmatic center on climate and energy.