Lawrence Solomon: Chilling evidence | FP Comment | Financial Post

The upshot for scientists and world leaders should be clear. Climate can and does change toward colder periods as well as warmer ones. Over the last 20 years, some $80-billion has been spent on research dominated by the assumption that global temperatures will rise. Virtually no research has investigated the consequences of the very live possibility that temperatures will plummet. Research into global cooling is long overdue.

The Daily Gamecock - Palavers can beat climate change

A palaver is an assembly of people who recognize they do not know enough to solve a mutual problem. The strength of a palaver lies in the fact that each expert comes from a strong background in a certain discipline. While many of our organizations do follow such a structure, it is crucial to realize that if the arguments and the people are not chosen carefully, the palaver will just end up being a non-virtual blog full of opinions going in no particular direction.

Failure of a large-scale environmental palaver — the Copenhagen Summit — occurred because every country has a difference stance due to unique economic statures and lifestyles. Therefore, local communities should create their own palavers, assess their ways of thinking among their small surroundings and see what works best for them, despite the lack of a national or international political consensus. Successful local palavers and initiatives can deliver substantial practices in fighting local climate change.