Saudi plan to earn carbon credits on world market - The National Newspaper

The move marks a significant development for a country that has long been reluctant to acknowledge the threat of climate change and take action to reduce it, said Mari Luomi, a Gulf climate expert at the Finnish Institute for International Affairs in Helsinki.

'Greg will keep the Greens in check' | The Australian

[Mr Heaton, a coalminer] is encouraged by Mr Combet's elevation to the critical role in applying climate change policy to the national economy and to coalmining in particular.

He said Mr Combet, a former coalmining engineer with a record of looking after workers' interests, would keep the more radical views of the Greens in check as he negotiates his way through a new climate change regime.