Civil Society shows a 'lack of climate literacy', report shows

The New Times, New Connections report conducted desk-based research and interviews of 222 non-environmental organisations to discover how the sector can act to curb climate change without the need for legislation.

Acevo, Action Aid, Christian Aid, BASSAC, CAN and the WWF were among the organisations researched in the report which revealed that climate change was low on the priority list for many of the organisations questioned and that there is a "lack of climate literacy" in the sector.

NGO pleads for $15 billion “ocean acidification” monitoring system | Watts Up With That?

The Foundation says the average level of pH at the ocean surface has dropped from 8.2 to 8.1 units, “rendering the oceans more acidic than they have been for 20 million years,”

Note that any pH lower than 7.0 is considered “acidic”. Distilled (pure) water has a pH of 7.0. Right now the ocean with a pH of 8.1 is considered “basic”.

- Bishop Hill blog - McKitrick on coal and wind

Ross McKitrick has a new presentation up, looking at the arguments that are made against coal-fired power stations - pollution, health, greenhouse gases and so on.

These arguments don't seem to be grounded in facts. (3Mb download)

FAO asks Agri countries to be ‘Climate-Smart’ | 01 November 2010 | www.commodityonline.com

Climate change raises the bar significantly — a major transformation of agriculture is needed, said Alexander Mueller, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources.