AP - Greenpeace China is calling on Chinese President Hu Jintao to attend December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen.

AP - Eight pandas were being readied for their journey back to central China on Sunday, ending a 10-month stay at the Beijing Zoo that was extended after their nature reserve was badly damaged in last year’s massive earthquake, state television said.

AFP - Prince Charles admitted in an interview published Sunday that he found it “depressing” that his frequent warnings over climate change had not been heeded.

AFP - Japanese authorities on Saturday declared the cherry blossom season open in Tokyo, with the blooming date getting earlier due to what some experts say is the effect of global warming.

AP - Three Iberian lynx cubs have been born in a nature reserve in southern Spain, officials said Friday.

AFP - Burgeoning population growth, poor resource management and floods and droughts amplified by climate change hamper efforts by Asian countries to provide clean water and decent sanitation, the World Water Forum heard Friday.

AFP - Dozens of popular tourist beaches on Australia’s northeast coast were on Friday declared a disaster zone, with their once-pristine sands fouled by a massive oil and chemical slick.