Why I engaged with the sceptics – Opinion – ABC Environment (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I didn't know at the time who Nick would choose to take me to visit. But I knew he would struggle to find credible voices who rejected the science. And I was right. Surely people can see through the kitchen table science of Joanne and David in Perth, the underhanded tactics used by blogger Marc Morano, and the lack of credibility of Dick Lindzen - given his history of habitual contrarianism and the fact that his theory about clouds had been rejected in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.

...And while it didn't make the final cut of the documentary, I believe Nick's admission in London that the climate has warmed and that "human emissions of CO₂ probably made some contribution to that" was a major step forward from someone who had previously called climate change some kind of plot "to de-industrialise the western world" and "the new religion of the extreme left". Most hard-core climate deniers refuse to accept any link between carbon pollution and climate change, so Nick's statement represented to me a major step forward.

Corrected: India to urge airlines to boycott EU carbon scheme | NEWS.GNOM.ES

NEW DELHI (NEWS.GNOM.ES) – India will urge its airlines to boycott the European Union‘s carbon charge scheme, raising the prospect of a global trade war over a law requiring flights in and out of Europe to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

A senior Indian government official told NEWS.GNOM.ES that India would soon ask local airlines not to buy carbon credits from or share emissions data with the bloc, which says other countries are not doing enough to tackle this source of greenhouse gases.

The FINANCIAL - Africa ready to embrace a low-carbon future

The FINANCIAL -- With a record number of 1,200 registered participants, this year’s Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) demonstrated that Africa represents a golden opportunity for a green future.

Japan Recommends Preferential Rates for Renewable Energy - Bloomberg

A government panel yesterday recommended solar power providers earn 42 yen (52 U.S. cents) a kilowatt-hour for the
electricity they produce, three times the 13.65 yen charged to industrial and commercial users, according to the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry. The preferential rate, known as a feed-in tariff, for solar power was recommended for 20 years.