This week, as a salute to the UN conference on climate change, we dedicate the show to climate change science.

• Jordan Poppenk speaks with Dr. Richard Peltier, University Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Physics and Director of the Centre for Global Change Science.
• Ryan Wiseman speaks with Doug from cycling advocacy group Take The Tooker about their municipal election day demonstration.

The headlines in brief:

• Rona Ambrose has been criticized for inappropriately practicing partisan politics at the international UN climate change forum;
• Canada’s public acknowledgement that it will not meet Kyoto targets, the first such announcement in the world, has drawn international criticism and won Canada the Top Fossil award of the Climate Action Network, for the country that has delayed, obstructed or stalled the negotiations the most during the conference;
• A massive storm has swept Canada, causing massive damage on the West coast;
  Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty conceded that coal plants he promised to close in 2007 will not close until at least 2014, blaming the delay on his advisors during the previous election;
• A new power transmission line to be built between Ontario and Quebec has been announced and work will begin next spring for completion in 2009;
• Chevron Canada was granted a permit to drill for natural gas in the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary because of a mistake at Environment Canada;
• The world’s fish and seafood populations will collapse by 2048 if current trends in habitat destruction and overfishing continue, according to a new study by lead author Boris Worm in the journal Science;
• The European Commission is seeking to impose emissions controls on all flights within and coming into Europe;
• Solar panels are now compulsory on all new and renovated buildings in Spain to curb the country’s growing demand for energy.

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