- Bishop Hill blog - Oxburgh's learning curve

You would have thought that, after all this time, the realisation would have dawned that you cannot get away with this kind of thing under the level of scrutiny that is directed at pronouncements on global warming.

Reuters AlertNet - U.N. Climate Body Urged to Take Lead in Gender Focus

"It is important to continue building awareness that responses to climate change must address women's and men's different responsibilities and needs," Pearl said. "A gender-sensitive approach is prerequisite to the success of any climate intervention, and many efforts fail because the women are left out."

BU Continues to "Go Green" - News

The writing department continues to find environmentally-based novels for freshman summer reading. The first two books chosen were Elizabeth Kolbert's "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change" and "An Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan, which looks at the environmental impact of food. The third and most recent novel chosen was Bill McKibben's "Deep Economy," in which the author questions the universal acceptance of "more is better."

Council outlines 150 ways to cut emissions | The Jakarta Post

The Indonesian National Climate Change Council (DNPI) has outlined 150 strategies to ensure the country reaches a target set by the government to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2020.

- Bishop Hill blog - Deutsche Bank on the MWP

Now this is quite interesting, because Deutsche Bank's advisers, who are from Columbia University, seem to have a rather different take on the issue to the IPCC, who say, as we all know, that modern temperatures are "very likely" higher than any other period in the past 1000 years.