REPORTS on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from Cancun, Mexico quote Green Minister Ciaran Cuffe as follows “The Cancún agreements will save the UNFCCC process... but saving the planet will still take some time — and we unfortunately do not have time on our side.”

ELEVEN days of talking about reducing CO² emissions, involving 15,000 politicians and officials from 180 nations began in Bali yesterday.

A leading Australian scientist believes that the world has just 20 years to turn the tide on global warming and that leaders at a summit in Sydney next week must take concrete steps to tackle the problem.