‘Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lit the match during Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate, which was overshadowed by the previous night’s assault on the French capital by Islamic State Group operatives. Climate change, the presidential contender said, is “absolutely” the largest single largest threat to U.S. security.’

via U.S. Politicians Debate Whether Climate Change Fuels Terrorism – Scientific American.

‘…Climate change is a greater threat than terrorism, we said, in those innocent days only a week ago. And it is. And the two are interconnected. The war in Syria is thought to be partly sparked by a drought, linked to climate change. And resource dependency – specifically oil – is what is buying the guns for the Islamic State. Climate change is a greater threat, but terrorism certainly has the ability to overshadow other issues by its immediacy and horror.’

via ‘This Changes Everything’: What the Paris attacks mean for the climate protests — New Internationalist.

‘Talks between the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, and campaigners over the fate of a huge march before the forthcoming Paris climate summit have ended without agreement.’

via Paris climate summit march in doubt after talks deadlock | Environment | The Guardian.

‘…Through a loophole in its clean energy regulations, all wood energy is treated as if it releases no carbon dioxide. That accounting trick is allowing European national governments and their energy sectors to pump tens of millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the air every year — without accounting for it.’

via The renewable energy source that’s more dangerous than coal – Salon.com.

‘…Although climate change did not lead to the rise of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and the crisis in Syria, said Kerry, it increases the risk of instability, especially in places already undergoing economic, political and social stress.’

via Kerry: Task Force to Integrate Climate Threats, Foreign Policy.

‘Global concentrations of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere surpassed 400 parts per million this past spring for the first time, breaching a symbolic barrier set by climate scientists and policy makers, according to a report released Monday.’

via Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit Record, Report Says – The New York Times.

‘…AP: How do you see your role as a citizen-scientist?

Nye: It is my mission to change the world. I’m not kidding: Make no small plans, dream mighty things. I feel if we get enough people engaged in climate change, we will get enough people to change the world.’

via ‘Science Guy’ Bill Nye gets heated up over climate change – StarTribune.com.

‘The summit, known as COP 21, is not about taking the final step towards a climate deal, but about setting in place a process overtime to increase ambitions to address climate change.’

via Three core elements to success at the Paris climate summit | Climate Home – climate change news.

‘India, the world’s third largest climate polluting nation, has spent decades encouraging cleaner cooking technologies, with limited success. Such a shift would have little impact on India’s emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases, and many of the alternatives pollute as well.’

via India Sees Clean Cooking as Climate Action That Saves Lives – ABC News.

‘Environmentalists say a groundbreaking investigation in New York involving energy giant ExxonMobil could have implications for Canadian oil producers.’

via Oil companies and climate change: who should pay? – British Columbia – CBC News.