Climate Change with Link TV

UPDATED (see below)

This week, we're teaming up with our partners at Link TV for a ten-day News Hunt to find quality journalism about climate change.

This Climate Change News Hunt is centered around the UN Climate Change Conference, which begins this Monday in in Copenhagen. World leaders will convene in the Denmark capital for over a week to negotiate an international treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol in 2012. During that time, they will try to set global emission standards -- as well as discuss sustainable growth, adaptation funding to developing countries, and other topics related to global warming.

How are the news media covering the many issues related to climate change? What do we know about the science of climate change? what can we learn from skeptics? What can we expect from the talks? Is a globally enforceable deal possible? How will industrialized nations and developing nations reconcile their interests? What will happen if negotiations collapse? What can we do individually to address these issues?

News Hunt Calendar
To help answer these questions and more, we're breaking down our News Hunt into daily themes. Here's what we'll be featuring day by day:

• Friday 12/4 - Developing World: Africa
• Saturday 12/5 - ClimateGate
• Sunday 12/6 - Global Warming: Key Issues
• Monday 12/7 - Copenhagen: Building a Consensus
• Tuesday 12/8 - Climate Change Science: What do we know?
• Wednesday 12/9 - Individual Action: What can you do?
• Thursday 12/10 - Developing World: China and India
• Friday 12/11 - Climate Change Skeptics
• Saturday - Bad Journalism on Climate Change
• Sunday - Final Analysis

Join the News Hunt
Join our Climate Change News Hunt and help get the facts about this important and controversial issue. You can start today by reviewing this featured story from our partners at Link TV's Global Pulse:

"Africa: Cash for Climate Change?"

Also be sure to check our Climate Change topic page for the latest updates.

You can post a story there, or share your thoughts about climate change in our new comments section.

Lastly, check our partner LinkTV's Climate Change page for more information on this topic -- and links to actions you can take as an individual to address this global issue.

UPDATED: News Comparisons
Below are the news comparisons we've featured so far in this News Hunt. Help us rate them by adding your review:

Copenhagen: Building a Consensus

• Dutch approach to climate change: Adapt - Washington Post
• Searching for harmony - Economist
• What would success look like? - Mother Jones

Climate Change Science

• On climate, lost decade now leads to final chance, 'last' decade, scientists say - Associated Press
• Fighting to keep above the waves - Aljazeera
• This decade is warmest on record, 2009 ranks fifth - Bloomberg

Individual Action

• Should you get solar now or wait? - Scientific American
• Environmentalist says 'going green' is a waste of time - NPR
• What on Earth? The concerned citizen's guide to global warming - Independent

China and India

• Setting the pace on India's climate change - Riding the Elephant
• In Copenhagen, U.S. pushes for emissions cuts from China, developing nations - Washington Post
• India's Copenhagen conundrum - World Politics Review

Climate Change Skeptics

• Climate of uncertainty heats up - Wall Street Journal
• Why the historical warming numbers matter - Climate-Skeptic
• Putting 'Climategate' in perspective - New York Times

Who Runs Climate Change?
We recently completed a week-long News Hunt on environmental lobbying, in partnership with the Washington Post's WhoRunsGov. From November 16 through 23 we asked: Who runs climate change? Our top stories covered the environmental, energy and business lobbies, and a range of issues related to climate change legislation. Check out the results of this unique partnership on the NewsTrust Blog.

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