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Published December 21, 2009, 12:00 AM

DECADE'S END: Climate change


JULY 17, 2007: An iceberg melts in Kulusuk Bay, eastern Greenland. Through 10 years of global boom and bust, of breakneck change around the planet, of terrorism, war and division, all people everywhere under that warming sun faced one threat together: the buildup of greenhouse gases, the rise in temperatures, the danger of a shifting climate, of drought, weather extremes and encroaching seas, of untold damage to the world humanity has created for itself over millennia. (AP Photo/John McConnico, File)




  • JULY 17, 2007: An iceberg melts in Kulusuk Bay, eastern Greenland. Through 10 years of global boom and bust, of breakneck change around the planet, of terrorism, war and division, all people everywhere under that warming sun faced one threat together: the buildup of greenhouse gases, the rise in temperatures, the danger of a shifting climate, of drought, weather extremes and encroaching seas, of untold damage to the world humanity has created for itself over millennia. (AP Photo/John McConnico, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • MAY 15, 2007: A man and woman look at the city skyline from a coastal defense breakwater in Alexandria, Egypt. Through 10 years of global boom and bust, of breakneck change around the planet, of terrorism, war and division, all people everywhere under that warming sun faced one threat together: the buildup of greenhouse gases, the rise in temperatures, the danger of a shifting climate, of drought, weather extremes and encroaching seas, of untold damage to the world humanity has created for itself over millennia. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • SEPT. 29, 2009: Residents travel in passenger canoes through Makoko, a slum neighborhood built on stilts over Lagos Lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria. Through 10 years of global boom and bust, of breakneck change around the planet, of terrorism, war and division, all people everywhere are facing one threat together: the buildup of greenhouse gases, the rise in temperatures, the danger of a shifting climate, of drought, weather extremes and encroaching seas, of untold damage to the world humanity has created for itself over millennia. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • SEPT. 27, 2009: Passengers ride a ferry along the Sumida River in Tokyo, Japan. Through 10 years of global boom and bust, of breakneck change around the planet, of terrorism, war and division, all people everywhere are facing one threat together: the buildup of greenhouse gases, the rise in temperatures, the danger of a shifting climate, of drought, weather extremes and encroaching seas, of untold damage to the world humanity has created for itself over millennia. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />
  • OCT. 22, 2009: U.N. Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang, back to camera, talks to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, second from left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)<br /><br /><br /><br />