Scientists see early warning to damaging El Niño
2010-02-23 - PARIS—Weather experts say they have a tip that could give up to 14 months' warning before the onset of an El Niño, the weather anomaly that whacks countries around the Pacific and affects southern Africa and even Europe.

Gas-fueled buses threaten to bolt government program
2010-02-23 - MANILA, Philippines - Operators of compressed natural gas-run buses are threatening to pull out of the Department of Energy Natural’s Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT) due to continuing negligence of the government to address the issues confronting the program.

Tropical storms to be more intense but less frequent—climate study
2010-02-22 - PARIS—Tropical cyclones may become less frequent this century but pack a stronger punch as a result of global warming, a paper published on Sunday said.

Crop damage from El Niño to exceed P10B
2010-02-21 - MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture estimates that farm production losses this year due to the El Niño dry spell may fall in the middle of its earlier forecast of between P8 billion and P20 billion.

Topsy turvy climate: Warm Baguio, cold Zamboanga
2010-02-08 - MANILA, Philippines--The way the mercury rises and falls makes climate scientists scratch their heads these days.

SW Australia drought linked to Antarctica snowfall
2010-02-08 - PARIS, France—A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday.

Warm weather curses Winter Olympics
2010-02-07 - VANCOUVER, Canada—Winter Olympics chiefs will not sanction a desperate last-minute venue switch despite unseasonably warm temperatures continuing to curse Cypress Mountain, the host of the freestyle events at the Games which begin on Friday.

UPLB Inks Reso to Promote Agroforestry vs Climate Change
2010-02-04 - UP Los Baños delegates to the recently-concluded 4th National Agroforestry Congress sponsored by the Philippine Agroforestry Education and Research Network (PAFERN) signed a resolution to promote agroforestry as a strategy for climate change adaptation and to work towards institutionalizing agroforestry as a development strategy in the Philippines.

UN Says Nations' Greenhouse Gas Pledges Too Little
2010-02-02 - UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Goals on reducing greenhouse gases announced by major industrialized nations are a step forward but not enough to forestall the disastrous effects of climate change by midcentury, UN officials said Monday.

US Recommits to Climate Goals
2010-01-29 - WASHINGTON – The United States on Thursday officially told the United Nations it will cut carbon emissions, predicting that Congress will move forward on climate change despite a tough political environment.