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The United Nation Environment programme calls for immediate action to stop world's glaciers disappearing. Newest results show that the average rate of melting has more than doubled within the last four years.

Very nice cartoon about product life cycle and what is wrong with our consumer driven economy. World economy - this is.

Newest forecast based on new models predict the arctic sea ice to completely vanish in summers by 2013. In contrast to predictions between 2050 and 2100 from previous forecasts. These new results were based on data up to 2004 - not including the new record lows from 2005 and 2007. So if the models are correct, 2013 might be even a conservative forecast.

Lady Young, chief executive of the British Environment Agency proclaimed that the battle to deal with climate change needs to be fought like "World War Three". If such comparisions help to stir actions, they are very much welcome. Especially when understanding that this will not remain just an environmental challenge.

To stay in the picture: who will be the Allies? And will the U.S. give up their isolation policy?

Climate change is like 'World War Three' - Telegraph