Climate-Science Officials Seek Better Reports Some top officials of a Nobel Prize-winning climate-science organization are acknowledging the panel made some mistakes amid a string of recent revelations questioning the accuracy of some of the information in its influential reports. Officials of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations-sponsored network of scientists whose reports strongly influence global policy on greenhouse-gas emissions, initially played down some of the allegations and criticized those who called them important. Increasingly, however, they are acknowledging the panel's mistakes and saying it needs to tighten its procedures. "This has not increased the credibility of the IPCC," sai...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Says Pika Not Imperiled by Climate Change The Obama administration has determined that the American pika, a small rabbit-like mammal, is not threatened by climate change. ...

SEC wants climate risks disclosed Kathy Nieland is US Sustainability and Climate Change leader for global accounting and advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. ...

	Hoosier Ag Today The Obama administration has proposed what amounts to a reorganization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to feature a new climate service. Modeled loosely on the 140-year-old National Weather Service, the NOAA Atmospheric Administration would provide forecasts to farmers, regional water managers and businesses affected by changing climate conditions. The predictions would provide information on how global warming will affect everything from drought to sea levels. NOAA ranks as one of the federal government's key agencies for monitoring the climate and conducting climate research and has responded to millions of annual requests for climate information. NOAA Adm... Senate offers some hope for legislation to combat climate change CLIMATE CHANGE legislation, according to conventional wisdom, is all but dead for the year. It fell victim to Senate gridlock, yawning gaps between ... China, India Seek to Limit Climate Plan, Stern Says (Update1) 9 (Bloomberg) -- China, India, South Africa and Brazil seek to “limit the impact” of the US-led Copenhagen Accord by emphasizing that the climate change ... Bolivia expects 5,000 foreigners at climate forum government says it expects thousands of activists, environmentalists and scientists to travel to the Andean nation for conference on climate change.Bolivia's foreign minister, David Choquehuanca, estimates roughly 5,000 foreigners will attend the event. The 3-day forum kicks off on April 20 in the city of Cochabamba.Bolivian President Evo Morales announced in January that he would invite activists, scientists and government officials from around the world to an alternative conference following the failure of a climate change summit in Copenhagen to produce binding agreements.Choquehuanca said Monday that topics will include a "universal proposal for the rights of mother... Report blasts Abbott climate plan THE Coalition's climate change policy would cost taxpayers more than twice as much as the government's emissions trading scheme, an analysis has found. ... GE, Honeywell CEOs Meet With Obama Officials on Climate Bill Immelt and the other executives are part of the US Climate Action Partnership, or USCAP, a coalition of business and environmental groups calling for ... Climate 'tipping points' may arrive without warning, says top forecaster "This means that some effects of global climate change on ecosystems can be seen only once the effects are dramatic. By that point returning the system to a ...