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This article discusses the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and how since its ratification in Canada few changes have been made to battle global warming. The day after Canada officially ratified the Kyoto Protocol on climate change in December 2002, David Anderson was in New York City to deposit the freshly signed paper with the Treaty Section of the United Nations. It was his shining moment as federal environment minister: an avowed multilateralist and an unabashed tree hugger, Anderson had spent three years battling opponents -- and sometimes cabinet colleagues -- over a deal he firmly held to be a turning point in the war against global warming. Whatever it was about the Kyoto accord that stirred such emotions two years ago seems like a distant memory, to the point where neither proponents nor critics of the deal give it much chance of making a difference in Canada. Since the conception of the protocol in 1990, greenhouse gas emissions in Canada have climbed some 20 per cent (as of 2002), and all signs suggest those numbers have increased since Anderson's giddy time in New York two years ago. But most critics agree on the basic errors that have led us to our current dilemma, where reaching our stated goal of cutting emissions six per cent below 1990 levels by 2010 -- a reduction of at least 240 megatonnes per year -- would require a brand of resolve we simply don't have. Our most grave, and perhaps most foreseeable, mistake was fooling ourselves into thinking we could do our part under Kyoto without inflicting pain on so-called large final emitters.

In this article the author discusses the strategies that are necessary to stop global warming and to prevent climate change. He states that the environmental movement must approach the problems in a manner different to the battle against air pollution. Provided are details of the significant technological innovations that are needed to stop temperature change.

This article presents news briefs about various topics as of November 21, 2005. CTV broadcast the Giller literary award show to a national audience in prime time. Holocaust-denier Ernst Zundel, co-author of The Hitler We Loved and Why, finally went on trial in Mannheim, Germany, on charges of incitement, libel and disparaging the dead. The recently imprisoned Judith Miller parted company with the New York Times. An unpublished report on global warming by a blue-ribbon advisory panel says Canada is unprepared for the effects of climate change, and accuses Prime Minister Paul Martin of dodging the issue. Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, son and heir of former Soviet-era strongman Heydar Aliyev, won big in parliamentary elections that were widely seen as fraudulent. An Italian grandmother stole $145,000 worth of jewelry from several shops by hiding the valuables in her underwear. T.

The article focuses on the public's view on truthfulness and falsehood in scientists. Particular attention is given to skepticism towards global warming scientists and the publication of electronic mail (e-mail) messages from scientists in the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia.

The article profiles Stephen McIntyre, a Canadian critic of climate change and global warning policy. Among a number of issues McIntyre's involvement in a 2003 critique of a 2001 United Nations study of climate change is discussed. Also examined is McIntyre's judicious use of climate change data and his discussion of it on his website "Climate Audit."

The article discusses the benefit concert and the seemingly counterintuitive Live Earth concert, organized by Al Gore to raise environmental awareness. Benefit concert pioneer Bob Geldof says the concert is unnecessary as global warming is already a major topic of discussion. The article comments on the irony of having rock stars, the peddlers of excess, support a movement based in part on austerity.

The article features an interview with Al Gore concerning global warming. The film "The Inconvenient Truth" focuses on Gore's traveling slide show about the dangers of global warming. Gore has delivered the show over 1,000 times. Gore also discusses his feelings about George W. Bush's military and environmental policies. Gore calls for greater citizen, business and government involvement in environmental policy.

The article presents Canadian news briefs. Politicians Deborah Grey and Laureen Harper's motorcycles are discussed. Politician Rona Ambrose's views on global warming are mentioned. Several politicians and that drive sport utility vehicles are discussed. Events that took place at the Politics and the Pen party are also evaluated.