Adapting to a warming world | By Stephan Faris Climate Change and the Environment Correspondent

ROME — The world’s leaders officially gave up on stopping climate change. The G8 agreed to limit the warming of the world to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or about four times as much of a global temperature change as the world has seen since the last ice age and the dawn of human civilization.

Twitter / Michael Mealling

we're in Winter Park Colorado today. Woke up to a chilly 38 degrees this morning. Al Gore must be in town....

Prince Charles [has $2.8 billion to set aside?]

Karanganyar, Central Java. Britain’s Prince Charles has set aside 2 billion euros ($2.8 billion) to help Indonesia and other developing countries preserve their rain forests, State Minister for the Environment Rachmat Witoelar said on Thursday.