Climate Science News 09-NOV-09 en-us Sydney (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - Powerful climate change skeptics were "holding the world to ransom", Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday as he warned of fear campaigns designed to derail global talks.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed a sweeping climate change bill through a key committee, shrugging off a boycott by Republicans who oppose the measure and mostly shunned the debate.]]> Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Green groups and activists for the developing world on Thursday accused rich nations of tiptoeing away from vows to seal a binding, far-reaching UN treaty on climate change in Copenhagen next month.]]> Athens (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon praised the European Union Thursday for its "leadership" in offering financial aid to poorer countries to tackle global warming.]]> Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Six African countries will receive 1.1 billion dollars in grants or low-interest loans to help a switch to cleaner energy and cope with the impacts of climate change, the World Bank announced here on Thursday.]]> Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - A "conspiracy of silence" is stifling debate over the future of people who become displaced through climate change, a top UN official for refugees says.]]> New Delhi (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Sweden's premier on Thursday criticised US efforts to adopt new climate change legislation, and cast doubt on whether crucial year-end talks would result in a deal on binding carbon emission cuts.]]> London (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - Negotiations ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen are "not going well", British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband warned Thursday.]]> Washington (AFP) Nov 5, 2009 - US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed through a sweeping climate change bill, maneuvering an end-run around opposition Republicans who continued their boycott of deliberations.]]> London (AFP) Nov 6, 2009 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday called on world leaders to attend the Copenhagen climate change conference to break the deadlock in negotiations to cut carbon gas emissions.]]>