*New documentary on the oceans and climate change*
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-documentary-on-the-oceans-and-climate-change,613595.shtm <http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-documentary-on-the-oceans-and-climate-change,613595.shtm>

*Ocean acidification background*
http://oceanacidification.wordpress.com <http://oceanacidification.wordpress.com/>/

ENERGY & INNOVATION---------------

*Zero Carbon Communities*
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44558 <http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44558>
Mario de Queiroz, IPS,  3November 2008
This small municipality in the south of Portugal is becoming increasingly well-known for its alternative energy initiatives. The latest is the Sunflower project, which also involves communities in seven other European Union countries.

*Green coal?*
http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/prn_is_coal_green.081106.htm <http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/prn_is_coal_green.081106.htm>
Peter Montague, November 6, 2008
As we search for solutions to global warming and toxic contamination, we can compare technologies, intending to select the least harmful.

*Running on empty: deserts could solve energy crisis*
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/running-on-empty-deserts-could-solve-energy-crisis-20081104-5hqu.html <http://www.theage.com.au/environment/running-on-empty-deserts-could-solve-energy-crisis-20081104-5hqu.html>
Adam Morton, The Age, November 5, 2008
DESERTS could generate enough renewable energy to power Australia, in the process creating unprecedented opportunities for its remote communities, a leading scientist says.

*Solar Power Game-changer: 'Near Perfect' Absorption Of Sunlight, From All Angles*
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103130924.htm <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103130924.htm>
ScienceDaily, November 4, 2008
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy

*New international agency to promote renewable energies *
http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/new-international-agency-promote-renewable-energies/article-176895 <http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/new-international-agency-promote-renewable-energies/article-176895>
3 November 2008   Joint efforts to expand worldwide use of renewable energies recently received a boost as countries from all continents team up to support the establishment of an International Renewable Energy Agency.

*Australia's natural Strategy for Energy Efficiency: Policy report*
_http://www.climateinstitute.org.au/images/energy%20efficiency%20policy%20paper%20final.pdf_ <http://www.climateinstitute.org.au/images/energy%20efficiency%20policy%20paper%20final.pdf>

SCIENCE & IMPACTS-------------

*Current warming sharpest climate change in 5,000 years: study*
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHeIQXFs5IrQxlhEFpsF0R68GMaQ <http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHeIQXFs5IrQxlhEFpsF0R68GMaQ>
AFP, 7 November 2008
Research on Arctic and North Atlantic ecosystems shows the recent warming trend counts as the most dramatic climate change since the onset of human civilization 5,000 years ago, according to studies published Thursday.

*Carbon Dioxide Levels Already In Danger Zone, Revised Theory Shows*
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081108155834.htm <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081108155834.htm>
ScienceDaily, Nov. 9, 2008
If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a study by a group of 10 scientists.

*Energy Agency warns of 6 °C rise in temperatures*
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn15144-energy-agency-warns-of-6-c-rise-in-temperatures.html0 <http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn15144-energy-agency-warns-of-6-c-rise-in-temperatures.html0>
Catherine Brahic, NewScientist,  06 November 2008
Our voracious appetite for energy is potentially putting the planet on the path for a 6°C rise in temperatures – which is far more than what climate specialists say the environment can cope with.

*Bubbling our way to the apocalypse*
http://www.climatecodered.net/permafrost.html <http://www.climatecodered.net/permafrost.html>
David Spratt & Damien Lawson, Rolling Stone (Aust), November 2008
Kevin Rudd should send his climate change minister, Penny Wong, to Siberia.

*Power, water, roads at risk: climate report*
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/power-water-roads-at-risk-climate-report/2008/11/06/1225561044334.html <http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/power-water-roads-at-risk-climate-report/2008/11/06/1225561044334.html>
Ben Cubby, Sydney Morning Herald, November 7, 2008
THE country's electricity and water supplies are at high risk from climate change, and immediate action is needed to prepare for the threat, a report presented to the Federal Government has warned.

*Garnaut's grim reality here to stay*
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24546508-11949,00.html <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24546508-11949,00.html>
Asa Wahlquist, The Australian, 8 November 2008
THE Garnaut report, the Impacts of Climate Change in Australia, paints a grim picture. Without mitigation, it says, within the next two decades urban water supplies will be stressed, and agriculture will be affected.

*World needs climate emergency backup plan, says expert*
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/ci-wnc110708.php <http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/ci-wnc110708.php>

*Correcting ocean cooling*
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OceanCooling/printall.php <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OceanCooling/printall.php>
Rebecca Lindsay, 5 November 2008

*FAQ on climate models*
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=527 <http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=527>
Real Climate, 3 November 2008

*Measuring extinction, species by species*
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4A501920081106 <http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4A501920081106>
Alister Doyle, Reuters, 6 November 2008
The Yangtze River dolphin, the Christmas Island shrew and the Venezuelan skunk frog are all victims in an alarming flood of extinctions, but how do scientists decide when such "possibly extinct" creatures no longer exist?

*Drought land 'will be abandoned'*
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/02/climate-change-desertification-water-drought <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/02/climate-change-desertification-water-drought>
Juliette Jowit, The Observer, November 2 2008
Climate change will cause 'economic deserts' even in rich countries, warns UN environment chief

OCEANS, POLES & SEA LEVELS------------------

*Arctic Sea Ice Down to Second-Lowest Extent; Likely Record-Low Volume*
http://nsidc.org/news/press/20081002_seaice_pressrelease.html <http://nsidc.org/news/press/20081002_seaice_pressrelease.html>
NSIDC, 2 October 2008
Despite cooler temperatures and ice-favoring conditions, long-term decline continues.

*Arctic heat*
_http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026794.500-60-seconds.html_ <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026794.500-60-seconds.html>
New Scientist, 25 October 2008
Autumn air temperatures have risen to record levels in the Arctic.

*Arctic Sea Ice Decline Shakes Up Ocean Ecosystems*
http://www.sflorg.com/earthnews/en110808_01.html <http://www.sflorg.com/earthnews/en110808_01.html>
SLForg, November 8, 2008

*Avoiding confusion for stabilization targets for climate change and ocean acidification*
http://www.climateshifts.org/?p=683 <http://www.climateshifts.org/?p=683>

*Climate change drives Maldives to buy land*
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4d63c6a-af55-11dd-a4bf-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1Judith <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4d63c6a-af55-11dd-a4bf-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1Judith> Evans, Financial Times, November 10 2008 The Indian Ocean state of the Maldives will start to divert cash from its largest industry, tourism, to buy land in case rising sea levels submerge the country’s low-lying coral islands.

SUSTAINABILITY---------------

*More of the same no cure for inherent ills*
http://business.theage.com.au/business/more-of-the-same-no-cure-for-inherent-ills-20081106-5jej.html <http://business.theage.com.au/business/more-of-the-same-no-cure-for-inherent-ills-20081106-5jej.html>
Joanne Knight, The Age, November 7, 2008
The consumer economy is consuming itself. It has created excessive household and national debt as consumers indulge in compulsive shopping in a system depending on their dollars.
CARBON TRADING----------------

*Carbon crash hits Europe's emission trading scheme*
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24608324-30538,00.html <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24608324-30538,00.html>
Carl Mortished, The Australian, November 06, 2008
WHILE you were distracted by crashing banks and clashing US senators, you may have missed a small environmental earthquake. The price of carbon has collapsed.

POLITICS AND POLICY---------------------

*'Big gains in greener behaviour'*
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/big-gains-in-greener-behaviour-20081109-5kxf.html <http://www.theage.com.au/environment/big-gains-in-greener-behaviour-20081109-5kxf.html>
Adam Morton, The Age, November 10, 2008
A detailed analysis of Victoria's greenhouse footprint has found the state could slash its emissions in half by 2020, largely through existing technology that is yet to be embraced.
*Download report*
http://www.envict.org.au/inform.php?menu=5&submenu=1919&item=1923 <http://www.envict.org.au/inform.php?menu=5&submenu=1919&item=1923>

*Countdown to perilous global warming*
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/09/carbonemissions <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/09/carbonemissions>
Andrew Simms, The Guardian, 9 November 2008
The climate clock is speeding up. Governments must take responsibility and protect their people from disaster

*The Climate for Change*
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09gore.html <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09gore.html>
Al Gore, New York Times, November 9, 2008
The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he — and we — must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing threat posed by the climate crisis.
ALSO
*President Obama’s Big Climate Challenge*
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2082 <http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2082>
*Energy: can Obama keep it clean?*
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/nov/07/barack-obama-energy-auto-industr <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/nov/07/barack-obama-energy-auto-industr>
*Obama victory signals rebirth of US environmental policy*
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/05/climatechange-carbonemissions <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/05/climatechange-carbonemissions>
John Vidal, The Guardian, November 05 2008
Climate talks: Obama victory offers hope
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/global-warming/climate-talks-obama-victory-offers-hope/2008/11/05/1225560930149.html <http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/global-warming/climate-talks-obama-victory-offers-hope/2008/11/05/1225560930149.html>

*Climate change to take formal role in planning decisions*
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2229836/national-planning-policies <http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2229836/national-planning-policies>
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, 05 Nov 2008
Government moves to address renewables project bottleneck by forcing all national planning strategies to make it clear how they will mitigate climate change

*Climate crime outbreak may occur: study*
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=652127 <http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=652127>
ninemsn,  Oct 23 2008
Australia may need to brace for an outbreak of climate crime as the world warms and greenhouse gas emissions reduction plans are imposed, a new study warns.

*American evangelical takes climate change crusade to Canberra*
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/10/2414844.htm <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/10/2414844.htm>
ABC News,  Nov 10, 2008
Climate change is not an issue normally associated with evangelical Christians but a visiting American religious leader has taken up the mantle of climate change crusader.

ACTIVISM-----------------

*UK Report launch: **How do we get back to climate safety?*
www.climatesafety.org
On Thursday 27th November, The Public Interest Research Centre will present the Climate Safety report at Friends Meeting House, Euston, London.

*Australian direct actions on coal*
http://whosepower.wordpress.com <http://whosepower.wordpress.com/>
http://www.climatemovement.org.au/2008/11/four-power-plant-shutdowns-in-seven-days <http://www.climatemovement.org.au/2008/11/four-power-plant-shutdowns-in-seven-days>
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/774/39927 <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/774/39927>
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4A91CK20081110 <http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4A91CK20081110>
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/06/2411942.htm?section=business <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/06/2411942.htm?section=business>

VIDEO----------------

*Now or Never: Tim Flannery in conversation with Robert Manne on climate change: video*
http://www.themonthly.com.au/tm/node/1310 <http://www.themonthly.com.au/tm/node/1310>


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