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Population Growth and Climate Change Explained Using Lego

There's seemingly no limit to the power of Lego, and in this video Hans Rosling uses it with great panache to explain the problems of population growth and climate change.

They're two of the biggest, most complex subjects we currently face on this planet -but somehow Rosling manages to make it all seem extremely straightforward.

AU: Cold weather makes watermelon sales tough

A wholesaler at the Sydney markets says cold weather in the southern states is making it hard to sell the flood of watermelons being trucked down from northern Australia.

RTCC Climate Change News - Tempers fray as Russia blocks UN climate talks

And with carbon dioxide levels hitting a record 400 parts per million delegates like the Seychelles’ Ronny Jumeau have called for countries to prioritise their demands.

“That sort of attitude won’t stop the flooding and the tornadoes and the wildfires. Let’s find ways to work around whatever obstacles we have,” he told RTCC.

Tanzania to be split by extreme climatic effects

ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is anticipated to experience an increase of rainfall ranging between 5 percent and 45 percent in the near future, enough to cause flooding alarm.

Tanzania’s Vice President Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal stated in Arusha on Sunday that the National Adaptation Assessment of Tanzania (NAAT) also reported that the central, western, southwestern, southern and eastern parts of the East African country will on the other hand experience decrease in rainfall at the rate of 10 percent to 15 percent.