Cold weather, snow causes ChCh university closures - New Zealand

Temperatures have plummeted in one of the worst cold snaps in 16 years and snow's expected to fall at extremely low levels.

Final word: The science of climactic endings - Opinion - NZ Herald News

"Well," the Scientist started, tentatively, "given recent events - tornadoes, floods, droughts and so forth, the 'Whole Messed-up Climate Syndrome', as we term it - it is getting more and more difficult to deny climate change to any believable degree ..."

India opposes discussion on climate change in UNSC | Eco-Business

Indian environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan at a recent meeting with US climate negotiators made it clear accepting emissions cuts was not acceptable to India and any climate treaty should be based on the principles of “equity” and right to sustainable development.

Nigeria’s waning status in climate negotiation

Barely four months to the 17th round of the United Nations-backed climate change conference scheduled for Durban in South Africa, Nigeria’s place as a leading voice seeking justice for the African continent appears to have taken a free-fall.

Proceedings from the recently-held climate talks in Bonn, Germany indicated that, out of the over 200 negotiators appointed as Africa’s representatives under the platform of the African Group, only one Nigerian was acknowledged.