Interesting comment - at least for us economists - by Jim Manzi here

http://www.tnr.com/blog/critics/78331/liberals-climate-change-economic-impact

It essentially says: why panic, IPCC estimates themselves do not show catastrophic consequences of global warming. See also Clive Crook in FT.

I found the coverage of the Chilean rescue rivetting and was up 'till the early hours both nights. It was possibly the first time I've watched BBC news coverage for more than a few minutes in years.

I see that one of the great greenies describes Cancun as the most important event of the century! My they can't get out much!

I'd say the correct amount of coverage for Cancun would be to send a junior reporter, with a few years experience under their belt to go and be present at the various PR events, collect the press releases, and send them back to Broadcasting House, where some new graduates can go through an exercise in identifying the underlying information (crossing out the platitudes), and then they can hand the script to a scheduler who can work out when to broadcast the resulting 30s of silence in each radio and TV news programme.

Hey Bish what is this about the Royal Society math blunder? See Climate depot.

It seems the BBC have blown their Cancun budget on covering the rescue of the Chilean miners. Well, I know which I'd rather watch.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/oct/14/chilean-miners-bbc-cancun-climate-talks

Pachuari to head IPCC until 2014:

http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFSGE69D0I820101014

Have Ossie BOM found UHI just in time for the "peer review" of the new NZ temp set?

Hot Cities
http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/ho/20101013.shtml

@ Dreadnought

Thanks for the link, that was pretty revolting to be honest! Absolutely pathetic. The BBC should be ashamed (but I don't believe they have any shame left to be honest).

Just been listening to Costing the Earth on Radio 4. The subject was climate change litigation. No attempt at balance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v72r3

A BBC update on the IPCC situation. Fails to mention why these changes were needed really. Impartial?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11541056

O M G

http://www.joabbess.com/2010/10/13/the-messiah-with-us/#comments

To her credit, she does ALLOW all comments.. (some interesting ones on this one)

I hadn't realised she was an ecological christian...

"If the latest recording purporting to be from Osama bin Laden is genuine, it is clear his concern is turning towards Climate Change, asking the global Muslim community to save the people of Pakistan from the dreadful catastrophe of inundation aggravated by Global Warming trends.

Osama bin Laden is not a saint, but his heart is turned towards the suffering of others, so he too has been touched by the spiritual Messiah, the ever-present Holy One of God.

How to do the work of the Lord, who has power in gentleness and patience, and who is mighty, yet only touches the Earth with warming sunlight ? How to be the eyes, hands and feet of the Spirit of Life ?"