UN ministerial meeting on climate change begins in Seoul

The Seoul meeting brought some 200 participants, including Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the UNFCCC, as well as ministers from 50 countries, members of the secretariat of the UNFCCC, and non-governmental organizations, the officials said.

Twitter / CHedegaardEU: After stopover in Beijing for ...

After stopover in Beijing for 4-four long constructive conversation with my Chinese counterpart, now at the PreCOP in Korea #COP18

The New Nostradamus of the North: Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Colorado - An excellent initiative

The Colorado Winter Weather Preparedness Week is also an excellent reminder of the fact that winter weather is a much bigger problem globally than a few hot summer weeks. In Europe e.g. cold kills more than seven times as many people as heat does. Columnist George Will is right when he says that "worldwide, moderate warming will, on the balance, save more lives than it will cost - by a 9-to-1 ratio in China and India. So, if substantially cutting carbon dioxide reverses warming, that will mean a large net loss of life globally."

German Windpark Operator Rakes In $3 Million For Delivering Power That Was Never Produced

So far Christiansen has hauled in 2.5 million euros ($3 million) for “phantom electric power”.