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Institut international du développement durable (IIDD), Bulletin des Négociations de la Terre (BNT), Milieu marin, Troisième Réunion intergouvernementale chargée d’examiner la mise en œuvre (RIG-3) du Programme d’action mondial pour la protection du milieu marin contre la pollution due aux activités terrestres (PAM), 25-27 janvier 2012, Manille, Philippines

Institut international du développement durable (IIDD), Bulletin des Négociations de la Terre (BNT), Programme des Nations pour l’environnement (PNUE), LES FAITS MARQUANTS DE LA SECA-12/FMME, Mardi 21 février 2012, Nairobi, Kenya

International Institute for Sustainable Development - Reporting Services (IISD RS), Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), GCSS-12/GMEF HIGHLIGHTS, Tuesday, 21 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

International Institute for Sustainable Development - Reporting Services (IISD RS), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-12/GMEF) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), 20-22 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

Institut international du développement durable (IIDD), Bulletin des Négociations de la Terre (BNT), Programme des Nations pour l’environnement (PNUE), LES FAITS MARQUANTS DE LA SECA-12/FMME, Mardi 21 février 2012, Nairobi, Kenya

Source: Huffington Post - "When our political leaders can't agree on whether climate change is a threat, the majority of people can't either. The public is divided because our political leaders are polarized." This is the upshot of a recent study on U.S. public attitudes towards climate change according to one of its lead authors, J. Craig Jenkins of Ohio State University.

Source: The Guardian - The extreme Russian heatwave of 2010 was made three times more likely because of man-made climate change, according to a study led by climate scientists and number-crunched by home PC users. But the size of the event was mostly within natural limits, said the scientists, laying to rest a controversy last year over whether the extreme weather was natural or human-induced.

Source: Scientific American - "Game over" for climate change. So opines NASA climatologist Jim Hansen when it comes to the development of the Canadian tar sands. And one big way to unleash the estimated 170 billion barrels of heavy oil stuck in Alberta's sands is to build a pipeline to the world's biggest oil consumer: the U.S.

Source: The Hindu - A recent international conference on climate change and sustainable agriculture in New Delhi brought forth the shocking realisation that there are no conclusive studies in India on the prospective impact of climate change on the agriculture sector including livestock and fisheries.

Source: Economic Times - Leaders from across the world gathered in Durban in December last year to find common ground on what is currently the most important challenge facing humanity: climate change. With virtually no headway made since the Kyoto Protocol, there is precious little time left for all nations to act before we reach the point of no return. Governments across the world must give a clear signal that they are committed to a legal deal on climate change that puts the world on track to a low-carbon economy.

Source: EurActiv - European finance ministers will today (21 February) call for the EU executive to prepare a paper on raising climate funds through carbon pricing on aviation and maritime transport by June, if draft conclusions seen by EurActiv are approved. Money raised would help finance a $100-billion per year Green Climate Fund, the centerpiece of any successor deal to the Kyoto Protocol, to help poor countries adapt to and mitigate the effects of global warming.

Source: ABC News - A new book by an executive at a major German power ultility claims we aren't facing a climate catastrophe and rejects current mainstream ideas on global warming. Both climate change skeptics and those who warn of global warming profit from such controversies -- so who should we believe?

Source: Reuters India - NEW DELHI (AlertNet Climate) - The rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has slammed a United Nations report which includes reducing C02 emissions as a development target agreed by poor countries, saying it was a "mistake" and that the international body was "sending the wrong signal".

Source: Business Green - A group of 26 nations opposing EU plans to tackle aviation emissions will reportedly discuss a "basket of countermeasures" at a meeting in Moscow this week, raising the possibility of a global trade war over the controversial scheme.

Source: SILive.com - STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- Rick Santorum said President Barack Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science. Santorum told voters in eastern Ohio today that science is on the side of those who want to aggressively produce more oil and natural gas in America. He said the notion of global warming is not climate science but "political science."

International Institute for Sustainable Development - Reporting Services (IISD RS), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-12/GMEF) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), 20-22 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

International Institute for Sustainable Development - Reporting Services (IISD RS), Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), GCSS-12/GMEF HIGHLIGHTS, Monday, 20 February 2012, UNEP headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

International Institute for Sustainable Development - Reporting Services (IISD RS), Twelfth Special Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-12/GMEF) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Briefing Note of the Thirteenth Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF-13), 18-19 February 2012, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

Source: Reuters - Nations opposing a European Union law that forces all airlines to pay for their carbon emissions will next week debate an array of counter-measures, a draft agenda seen by Reuters on Friday showed, raising the risk of an aviation trade war.

Source: Reuters - A steep decline in solar panel prices is helping solar installers attract new capital, a trend likely to trigger consolidation in the fragmented industry and drive down the cost of putting the renewable energy system on rooftops.