Switzerland | Mild weather gives way to cold snap

The indian summer Switzerland has been enjoying is giving way to strong winds and chilly temperatures.

Snow levels are dropping to 1,300 meters. Meteosuisse says as much as 40 centimeters of snow are possible above 2,000 meters.

This morning, winds were clocked at 156 kilometers an hour in the mountains of Appenzell.

Doctors: NZ must cut emissions (Science Alert)

The NZ Climate and Health group says however there is a silver lining on the particularly dark cloud of climate change. Responsible emissions reduction presents unrivalled opportunities to improve population health, according to Professor Alistair Woodward.

Policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could also bring about substantial reductions in heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, road deaths and injuries, and air pollution.

Australian Climate Madness: BBC questions global warming dogma

This is a bit like the Catholic church questioning the existence of god, so it is pretty big news. The über-alarmist BBC has been at the forefront of climate hysteria for many years, but suddenly it appears to have woken up and smelt the reality

India signals change in stance on climate deal - Home - livemint.com

A day after the European Union (EU) sought to join the US to scupper the paradigm for emission control defined under the Kyoto Protocol, India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh became probably the first politician to signal that a deal in December at Copenhagen was unlikely and that it would require another meeting “next summer”.

In case you missed it: The BBC’s amazing U-turn on climate change – Telegraph Blogs

The BBC now has serious questions to answer. It has used millions of pounds of licence-payers’ money to advance a simplistic point of view that is beginning to fall apart under scrutiny. Did it not foresee that this might happen? And, now that statistics are beginning to point in the other direction, is it prepared to give equal prominence to a debate about climate change that is both respectable and urgent?