‘…Talks culminated in the Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage to help vulnerable countries deal with impacts of climate change such as extreme weather events and sea level rise but details have been pushed to 2016; there was a lacklustre commitment of $72.5 million by six European countries to help countries adapt to climate change. Work on the new agreement was stymied with political questions unanswered.’

via Warsaw meet: Outcome from climate change talks remains fuzzy – The Economic Times.

‘…Given humanity’s focus on the near and now, the greatest challenge posed by global warming is figuring out how to spur meaningful changes in energy norms based on a risk with this time scale.’

via An Update on Risks of Abrupt Jolts from Global Warming – NYTimes.com.

‘The European Union should set a single target to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 40 percent in 2030, according to Johannes Teyssen, chief executive officer of Germany’s largest utility, EON SE. (EOAN)’

via EU Needs Single Carbon Goal for 2030, EON’s Teyssen Says – Bloomberg.

‘Hitachi Ltd. (6501) unveiled an energy-storage system that the company said will support wind and solar power and allow users to sell electricity into deregulated markets such as California.’

via Hitachi Announces Storage Technology for Renewable Energy – Bloomberg.

‘A study attributes two-thirds of industrial greenhouse gas emissions over the last 150 years to fuels extracted by firms such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Saudi Aramco and Pemex.’

via 90 companies worldwide produced fuels driving climate change – latimes.com.

‘China clashed with the U.S. and European Union over the commitments each should take in a new climate change agreement that envoys aim to reach by 2015.’

via China Clashes With U.S., EU on Roles in New Climate Deal – Bloomberg.

‘In an effort to compensate for the failure of central governments to address the dangers of climate change with comprehensive national policies, cities, states and regions have developed their own strategies to rein in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.’

via A New Alliance on Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘WARSAW — Discord and rivalry between Beijing and Washington have factored in international discussions of global warming since the United Nations climate treaty was established in 1992, contributing to the foundering of the 2009 talks in Copenhagen and much rough sailing since.’

via U.S. and China Find Convergence on Climate Issue – NYTimes.com.