Climate: The Main Issues for Debate at the UN Climate Change Summit in Cancun - Ecocentric - TIME.com

Cap-and-trade in the U.S. was meant to generate money for climate finance, but that's dead, while Tea Party Republicans have the foreign aid budget squarely in their sights. Failure to deliver on climate finance, more than anything else, could sink the U.N. climate process.

What Exactly Are We Doing Here: After Copenhagen ended and I staggered home, I had one thought: the U.N. process was finished.
...If more progress isn't made at Cancun, this could be the last stand for the UNFCCC.

Big freeze will go on 'for weeks' - Telegraph

In Darlington, Rick Rayner, 45, took his daughter Grace sledging in Green Park. "I have never known snow to come so early," he said.

Skiers pack Sierra slopes after heavy snowfall | TahoeDailyTribune.com

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Skiers and snowboarders are packing the slopes in the Sierra Nevada to take advantage of what resort operators are calling the best early-season skiing conditions in decades.

Resorts are reporting midwinter conditions and some of the country's deepest base depths after a string of storms dumped up to 10 feet of snow over the week leading up to Thanksgiving Day.
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Some Tahoe-area resorts have reported up to 170 inches of snow so far, which is nearly half of their 400 inches of average snowfall.