By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia

Mohamed Nasheed, the 41-year-old president of the Maldives, discusses evacuation plans for his country, now threatened by climate change and rising seas, and how he will deal with his predecessor, who took and tortured political prisoners.

In its waning days, the Bush administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  has essentially halted all new construction of coal-fired power plants until the government can figure out what to do about climate-change-causing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In a ruling yesterday (pdf) on a petition to build a new 110-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Bonanza, Utah, the EPA decided that it could no longer grant permits for such new construction until it determines what is needed to limit CO2 emissions.

Last week the Dutch conducted a dress rehearsal of a scenario that could spell the country's downfall -- a storm surge with many deaths. Climate change is making this scenario more and more likely.

Both the North and South Pole are witnessing unprecedented changes as a result of manmade climate change [More]

In the late ninth century a disastrous harvest precipitated by drought brought famine to China under the rule of the Tang dynasty. By A.D. 907--after nearly three centuries of rule--the dynasty fell when its emperor, Ai, was deposed, and the empire was divided. According to the atmospheric record contained in a stalagmite, one of the causes of that downfall may have been climate change. [More]

It's been a long slog to get to this election day. We all know the campaigns spent millions to get their messages across. But Bob Grant at The Scientist wondered about the environmental cost (log-in required)--specifically how much the campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain contributed to global warming.

Among the many pressing issues that President-elect Barack Obama will face when he takes office in January is climate change, which he has called an “immediate threat” and warned has made Earth a “planet in peril.” In an effort to prevent and reverse the problem, he supports a so-called cap-and-trade scheme similar to one now in effect in the U.S. Northeast and the European Union. [More]

In an interview with SPIEGEL, economist and climate change expert Ottmar Edenhofer, 47, speaks about how the current financial crisis has affected climate-protection efforts and why current government proposals don't go far enough.

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