BBC - Mark Mardell's America: Liveblogging Obama's climate change speech

0950: The actor Djimon Hounsou opens the climate change session at the UN in New York with a big picture of space , pointing to a little smudge: "That pale blue dot exists in the vastness of the cosmos." It's us. He tells us in ringing tones, backed by operatic music, that everyone we have ever heard of, kings and peasants, has lived here. It's all rather Shakespearean and has the more cynical shifting uncomfortably in their seats.

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Inhofe on Obama UN Climate Speech: “Short Obama speech signals little momentum for new climate treaty leading up to Copenhagen.”

Obama Speech to the UN | Myron Ebell

President Barack Obama’s speech on global warming to the United Nations today is based on fantasy. Here are some quotes from the speech followed by the reality.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Japan: We've Got a Strong Goal, But Not a Clue How to Meet It

Japan's new government has set forth a strong goal for emissions reductions by 2020, but admits that it really doesn't know how it is going to meet that goal

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Incoherence Continues on Adapatation

In expectation of the human flood, many Bangladeshi academics and activists are already calling for UN protocols to facilitate the international migration of those displaced by the effects of global warming, which they blame largely on the developed world. “I will demand a part of Texas and I will demand part of Florida as part of Bangladesh,” said Mr Rahman. “It’s your carbon that has displaced these people.”

Flashback: Prometheus » Blog Archive » Ocean Encroachment in Bangladesh

Scientists from the Dhaka-based Center for Environment and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) have studied 32 years of satellite images and say Bangladesh’s landmass has increased by 20 square kilometres (eight square miles) annually.