“Monday’s Oval Office meeting between President Obama and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, known as “Jokowi,” offers the nation where Obama once lived a chance to elevate its profile and appeal to foreign investors. But as raging forest and peatland fires in Indonesia pour huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, the environmental destruction highlights the challenge both leaders face in curbing climate change.”

via Indonesia’s climate crisis rages as its president meets with Obama on Monday – The Washington Post.

‘Climate change will hit every level of an economy. Mentally and physically people work worse when they are hot. Rising seas and fiercer storms chew up infrastructure. And agricultural effects like crop failures reach far beyond borders.’

via Climate Change Is Going to Be Expensive—For Everybody | WIRED.

‘Some delegates said they feared a repeat of the 2009 summit in Copenhagen when governments last tried, and failed, to agree a deal, although many others said they remained confident of a breakthrough at the November 30th-December 11th meeting in Paris.’

via Disputes over financing hamper talks on global warming.

‘…a much tougher battle for hard targets — over money — has moved into the foreground and could still do for Paris what the emissions fight did for Copenhagen.’

via Climate Talks Imperiled by Rich-Poor Fight Over Hard Targets for Aid – The New York Times.

‘Climate negotiators divided on how to tackle global warming—and who should foot the bill—grappled Friday on the final day of crunch talks to finalise a draft agreement ahead of a crucial UN summit.’

via Climate talks stumble as Paris summit looms.

‘…Copenhagen. The city where aspirations for a strong, global deal on climate change came to nothing in the chilly Danish capital, back in 2009.’

via Copenhagen ghosts haunt climate talks – BBC News.

‘WASHINGTON — As many as 25 states will join some of the nation’s most influential business groups in legal action to block President Obama’s climate change regulations when they are formally published Friday, trying to stop his signature environmental policy.’

via Numerous States Prepare Lawsuits Against Obama’s Climate Policy – The New York Times.

‘Calling climate change a “problem which human beings created,” the 80-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader said all of humanity was now responsible for taking action. But instead, he said, “we are relying on praying to God or to Buddha. Sometimes I feel this is very illogical.”‘

via Dalai Lama calls action on climate a ‘human responsibility’ – US News.

‘…Following separate lines of evidence and document trails, they’ve reached the same bombshell conclusion: ExxonMobil, the world’s largest and most powerful oil company, knew everything there was to know about climate change by the mid-1980s, and then spent the next few decades systematically funding climate denial and lying about the state of the science.’

via Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It | The Nation.

‘…The latest UT Energy Poll released this morning reveals that U.S. attitudes on climate change have shifted significantly – and not just in the ways you might expect. Seventy-six percent of Americans now say that climate change is occurring–an increase from 68 percent just one year ago.’

via Over 3 out of 4 Americans Now Acknowledge Climate Change Is Occurring–Including the Majority of Republicans – Plugged In – Scientific American Blog Network.