40×35: A Zero-Carbon Energy Target for the World’s Largest Economies | ThinkProgress

While the U.N. climate process works through the difficult task of creating a new comprehensive climate treaty by 2015 — and then works five more years to ratify it by 2020 — the people of the world are growing more and more impatient.  [Really?]

US proposal to ban polar bear trade FAILS | polarbearscience

A proposal by the US to ban cross-border trade in polar bears and their parts was defeated on Thursday at an international meeting.

UN Climate Chief: ‘Climate change vulnerability has a woman’s face’ | JunkScience.com

“Women are likely to be worse affected by natural disasters.”

Greens: With Chavez dead, Venezuela should go low-carbon for climate | JunkScience.com

“The death of the Venezuelan president opens the door for a policy debate on a critical issue for Venezuela and the world’s security: climate change.” How about a policy debate on freedom?

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper predicts fewer cyclones in North Atlantic & Europe due to climate change

A paper published today in the Journal of Climate projects a decrease in extratropical cyclones in the North Atlantic & Europe in response to climate change.

Vahrenholt & Lüning: “Today’s IPCC Is Clueless…IPCC Models Unable To Reproduce Documented Climate Of The Past”

The geological factual basis is clear: Fluctuations in solar activity significantly influenced the development of the climate throughout the history of the Earth.