‘WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-term climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate adviser said on Wednesday.’

via New U.S. climate strategy coming within weeks: Obama adviser – Yahoo! News.

‘What goes up and doesn’t come down? Greenhouse gas emissions, apparently. The world set another record in 2012, spewing some 31.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons and other greenhouse gases into the air.’

via Climate Change Getting Worse by the Minute – Yahoo! News.

‘BONN, Germany (AP) — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming.’

via Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too – Yahoo! News.

‘WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to curb global warming have quietly shifted as greenhouse gases inexorably rise.

The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions. It’s becoming more about how to save ourselves from the warming planet’s wild weather.’

via Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting – Yahoo! News.

‘The price of extreme weather events continues to rise. Superstorm Sandy and the ongoing drought made 2012 the second costliest weather and climate disaster year since 1980, racking up more than $110 billion in damage.’

via Tab for 2012’s extreme weather events: $110 billion-plus – latimes.com.

‘(Reuters) – Many species of birds, amphibians and corals not currently under threat will be at risk from climate change and have been wrongly omitted from conservation planning, an international study said on Wednesday.’

via Many thriving species at risk from climate change-study | Reuters.

‘(Reuters) – China and the United States took a major step in the fight against climate change over the weekend, but what was termed a “breakthrough” might not do much in the longer term to lock in legally binding carbon emission cuts from the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases.’

via U.S.-China climate deal called breakthrough but no long-term cuts yet | Reuters.

‘(Reuters) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades.’

via New York lays out $20 billion plan to adapt to climate change | Reuters.

‘The Bloomberg administration on Monday issued new warnings about New York City’s vulnerability to climate change, offering updated data to encourage businesses, residents and perhaps even future mayors to better prepare against hotter weather, fiercer storms and increased rainfall.’

via New York City Faces Increasing Risk From Climate Change, New Data Show – NYTimes.com.

‘NEW YORK (AP) — The projections paint an unsettling picture of New York’s future: a city where by the 2050s, 800,000 people could be living in a flood zone that would cover a quarter of the land, and there could be as many 90-degree days as is now normal for Birmingham, Ala.’

via Mayor to discuss prepping NYC for warming world – Yahoo! News.