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BANGKOK, Nov 03, 2011 (IPS) - This sinking mega-city's eight million people are paying the price of ignoring warnings over many years concerning its climate vulnerability and the incapacity of its soggy foundations to handle flooding. See the original post: 'Bangkok Ignored Warnings'

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(Reuters) - A group of island states most vulnerable to global warming have lashed out against rich nations for wanting to delay a new international climate pact until years after the Kyoto Protocol on curbing carbon emissions expires in 2012. Read the rest here: Vulnerable islands urge climate deal before end-2012

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A new report from the United Nations Development Program warns that if drastic measures are not taken to prepare nations for the impacts of climate change, the economic progress of the world's developing countries could stall or even be reversed by 2050. Read the original here: Climate Change Imperils Global Prosperity, U.N. Warns

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COPENHAGEN - The UN development agency called Wednesday for a tax on foreign exchange trading deals, which are worth hundreds of billions of dollars per day, to help the world's poor deal with the effects of climate change. Continue reading here: UNDP wants forex trading tax to help poor on climate change

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"We don't want South Africa to be the death of Kyoto Protocol," Minister of Environment, Edwina Molewa said recently, referring to the outcomes aspired to by the incoming South African COP17 Presidency from 28 November to 9 December 2011. But what are the real chances of life for the Kyoto and what are the stakes if we lose...

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Recent studies shed light on the key question of whether certain species, including slow-moving amphibians, can move swiftly enough to new territories as their old habitats warm. The challenges are formidable, especially if human-caused warming continues at such a rapid rate. Read more from the original source: Can Vulnerable Species Outrun Climate Change?

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A new U.S. study that explains the demise of some mammals at the end of the last ice age might not bode well for vulnerable Canadian species that now face increased risks with a warming climate. Read more here: Pace of climate change a killer

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Frogs need all the help they can get. With the IUCN Red List estimating that 41 percent of amphibians are endangered, frogs are currently the world's most imperiled animal family. Visit link: Saving Ghana's vanishing frogs

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Prosperous countries have not lived up to their promises to help the poor, the U.N. declared Wednesday, saying poor people often go hungry because of polluted water, drought and other environmental factors that are increasing poverty. More here: UN warns that water pollution, drought threaten progress for world's poor

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Smithsonian scientists and colleagues conducted the first DNA barcoding survey of crustaceans living on samples of dead coral taken from the Indian, Pacific and Caribbean oceans. The results suggest that the diversity of organisms living on the world's coral reefs is seriously underestimated. The team's research "The Diversity of Coral Reefs: What Are We Missing?" was published in...