With Typhoon Haiyan shaping discussion in Warsaw, the Phillipines
head negotiatior at the UN climate talks has said he will fast
until there is “meaningful” progress: “In an emotional speech, Yeb
Sano linked the ‘staggering’ devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan
to a changing climate.”

Proposals have been raised to remove an exemption for big
businesses in Germany which has shielded them from extra costs
created by the country’s transition to renewable
power.

Linking Typhoon Haiyan and climate change is something
scienists are cautious about, reports the New York Times. But
“scientists largely agree that it appears that storms will become
more powerful as the climate changes.”

With confusion over which environmental levies are to be
reviewed by the government, and controversy over energy company
profits, Energy Secretary Ed Davey will tell energy companies today
that they face a breakdown of public trust.

The UN’s flagship carbon credits scheme is struggling,
reports Reuters: “the failure of nations to craft a new climate
change deal … has left the market for carbon offsets
oversupplied, sending prices crashing and nearly bankrupting many
of the companies that invested in CDM projects.”

The IPCC made some minor edits to the climate report summary
for policymakers it published in Stockholm in September. The
changes correct small inaccuracies in estimates of carbon emitted
by humans and by the natural world. The Telegraphand the Times also report
the story.

British Gas, owned by Centrica, “is lagging behind its peers
in the number of homes it has insulated under the Energy Companies
Obligation (ECO), a government programme funding energy efficient
improvements mainly for people in fuel poverty.”
Financial Times

Energy UK, the lobby for the six big UK energy companies,
has launched a website offering consumer advice to energy
customers.

Britain should set up a new regulator that would encourage
oil and gas companies to collaborate to help counter plunging North
Sea production rates, a government-commissioned review said in its
initial findings on Monday.

Renewables are too expensive, inefficient and difficult to
implement. We need fourth-generation nuclear power, Thorium power
and other next generation technologies to address climate change,
Mike Hanlon argues.

Climate observations show rainfall is becoming more intense
and is being redistributed around the world, as predicted under
climate change. The changes cannot be explained by natural
variability alone, say the study’s authors.

The Guardian assess scientific opinion on the links between
typhoon Haiyan, extreme weather and climate
change.

A number of recent scientific papers have “effectively put
the final nail” in the theory that climate change is caused by
cosmic rays – high energy particles from outer space.