ANALYSIS - Copenhagen billions key to climate [swindle] talks success | David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia | Reuters

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The allure of $30 billion in climate aid for poor nations holds the key to helping restore confidence in U.N. talks on fighting global warming and stopping them from unravelling.

But there's only months to figure out a way to start deploying the cash, say the world body, negotiators and greens.

A sense of despair has shrouded U.N. climate talks after what many say was a disappointing outcome of last December's Copenhagen summit at which world leaders crafted a non-binding political accord in the final hours of the meeting.
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Money could be one way to try to restore momentum, and trust, some analysts feel.

India raised only 1 percent spending on climate change: Study

The Union government expenditure on measures to adapt to climate change has increased a measly one percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in past four years, a study released here Tuesday said.

The study conducted by NGO Oxfam and the Center for Budget and Governance Accountability found that the government's expenditure on adaptation to climate change was 1.7 percent of the GDP, contrary to the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) claim of government spending 2.6 percent.

Weird Weather and Climate Change | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook

[With alarmist Heidi Cullen!] Much of the country has seen a strange winter. We’ll ask how weather patterns relate to climate change.

Anti-GW Junk Thought and Its Target: You | Bob Hooper [still partying like it's 2007]

In an earlier column I cited polls by Peter Doran and others at the Univ. of Illinois, Chicago; and Dr. Naomi Oreskes at the Univ. of Cal., San Diego. Both show a clear and growing consensus: climate scientists are telling us human activity is a critical part of global warming. And, more importantly, that our failure to act may well have serious and irreversible consequences.

Nuclear power is too risky - CNN.com

There is no need for nuclear. The world can be powered by wind, water and sun alone.

Nuclear Power in France | French Nuclear Energy

France derives over 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy.