The Climate [Hoax] Post: Uptick in denialism halts glacier melt, lowers sea levels | Grist

Adaptation, already in progress: From Malawi comes this horrifying story of how extreme meteorological patterns can take individual lives. Unusually heavy rain on a house of unbaked mud brick caused a roof collapse that killed a mother, father, and two children in Lilongwe.  [Did trace amounts of carbon dioxide really cause this tragedy?]

Science won't tell us what to do about climate change, but it can make the controversy worse. - By Daniel Sarewitz - Slate Magazine

More research makes the controversy worse.

[As the global warming hoax collapses, is this a good idea?]: Industries hoarding greenhouse gas emission permits | Environment | The Guardian

Saved permits can be used to meet future targets to cut emissions without reducing pollution

[Should you avoid breathing air that contains trace amounts of carbon dioxide?]: Health the key ground in climate change battle

The danger and cost of climate change to the health of Europeans is at the forefront of the debate at the fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health.

More maize ethanol may boost greenhouse gas emissions

In response to the increased demand for maize, farmers convert additional land to crops, and this conversion can boost carbon dioxide emissions.

More elderly people in Belgium die due to harsh winter < Belgian news | Expatica Belgium

The cold and long winter has caused the mortality rate among elderly people to go up significantly, according to the Flemish daily Het Laatste Nieuws.

Over the past three months, 647 more Belgians died than on average.

Poland’s Harsh Winter Calls for Day of National Mourning - New Europe - WSJ

This winter has already taken 351 lives—mainly homeless people who have frozen to death or home dwellers who were poisoned by carbon monoxide leaking from faulty heaters. That’s higher than the total number of victims, who died in catastrophes like plan crashes and mining accidents, which have prompted Kaczynski to declare national mourning in the past.
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This winter’s bodycount does make you pause. Record-low temperatures as low as -34 degrees Centigrade in January have uncovered chronic Polish problems—lack of shelters for homeless people, not enough snowploughs, mountains of snow on pavement with no idea how to get rid of them.