Climate change experts and governments are gathering in Bali to discuss the successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

Rod Harbinson wants those out of the communication loop to find out how climate change will affect them.

We can disguise environmentally harmful practices and dress them up in words to help ease our consciences, argues Albert Bandura of the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, but such practices will have a negative impact on the planet and the quality of life of future generations, no matter how we label them.

Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, he explains that we must stop attempting to disguise our actions and switch on our environmental conscience to save the world.

But the talks may put the so-far unproven technology, carbon capture and storage, on the agenda for future backing, Yvo de Boer told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has fired up eight biomass plants in leading grain-producing provinces in hopes of cutting carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation, state media reported on Tuesday.

The plants have a total installed capacity of 200 megawatts and are expected to burn 1.6 million tons of stalks a year.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will outline legislation this week on its plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, a German newspaper said on Tuesday.

Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel is due to present the government's energy and climate program on Wednesday after approval by the cabinet, including what laws will be needed to enable it to reach the ambitious target.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU prime ministers and officials plan to share travel arrangements when flying to Lisbon to sign a new treaty and then to Brussels for a summit next week, following criticism from environmentalists.

Portugal has insisted the long-awaited treaty to reform the EU's institutions be signed on its soil on December 13, even though it means leaders will have to fly there and then on to Brussels the next day.

LONDON (Reuters) - As many as 150 million people in the world's big coastal cities are likely to be at risk from flooding by the 2070s, more than three times as many as now, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Climate change, population growth and urban development will mean the number at risk will rise from the current 40 million while total property and infrastructure exposure is forecast to rise to $35 trillion -- 9 percent of projected global GDP.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The world is eating more than it produces and food prices may climb for years because of expansion of farming for fuel and climate change, risking social unrest, an expert and a new report said on Tuesday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Criminal cases involving illegal hunting of wildlife and trade in wild animals have risen 11.5 percent so far this year to 10,818, the government said on Tuesday.

Statistics from the State Forestry Administration and China Wildlife Conservation Association show that a total of 172,471 wildlife cases were recorded in the first 10 months of 2007, up 2.7 percent compared with the same period last year.

SAN FRANCISCO - Imagine receiving a gift this year that you'll still be using in 2042. Not only that, it also puts greenbacks in your pocket while helping the planet go green.

It's called  the "Pharox" lightbulb and it gives consumers another way to reduce their carbon footprint via this new LED lighting technology.

Seattle - Despite decades of ever more-exacting science projecting Earth's warming climate, there remains large uncertainty about just how much warming will actually occur.

Two University of Washington scientists believe the uncertainty remains so high because the climate system itself is very sensitive to a variety of factors, such as increased greenhouse gases or a higher concentration of atmospheric particles that reflect sunlight back into space.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Scottish government said on Tuesday it would review controversial plans by U.S. tycoon Donald Trump to build a $2 billion golfing development in Scotland after they were rejected by the local council.

It said it was intervening because the project, to build two championship golf courses, around 1,000 homes, a luxury hotel and 36 villas on a pristine stretch of northeast Scotland's coast, was too "important" to be dealt with by the council.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Waning consumer confidence and soaring fuel costs caused Delta Air Lines Inc to warn of a possible operating loss on Tuesday, while Southwest Airlines Co said it would restrict capacity growth to brace for tougher times ahead.