Climate science critic responds to allegations - USATODAY.com

The author of a report critical of climate scientists defended himself against plagiarism charges Tuesday, and denied he was pressured by Republicans to tilt the report.

Offered the chance to further respond to plagiarism allegations, reported Monday in USA TODAY, George Mason University statistician Edward Wegman said in an e-mail that "these attacks are unprecedented in my 42 years as an academic and scholar."

PREVIEW: 'Wobbly' climate summit could spell end of global talks - Monsters and Critics

A sense of urgency that was palpable in Copenhagen, the much-hyped United Nations climate summit of December 2009, has been replaced by a simple hope that the international talks do not collapse completely during the two-week Cancun gathering, which begins Monday.
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US State Department climate envoy Todd Stern has said he expects 'concrete, incremental progress' in Cancun. But he warned last week that some steps toward breaking the standoff between governments were critical to keeping the talks going.

'The process can't continuously stalemate and remain the main focus of activity,' Stern said after a meeting with other climate envoys in Arlington, Virginia. 'There's going to be a point at which it's not going to work.'

North African farmers to lose out by 2050 | COSMOS magazine

LONDON: Climate change will raise average crop productivity until 2020, after which it will decline by 5-10% by 2050, North African agriculture will be the worst affected, according to Colombian research.