"They may look like fish out of water but these brown trout are involved in a cunning escape plan.

Stuck in a fish pond, the trout are jumping 1m in an attempt to get into a pipe which measures just 20cm across – and has water rushing out of it.

As if that wasn't enough of a challenge, those that finally get into the pipe then have to swim 10m against a strong current before popping out into a river at the other end. "

The only maintenance for the first 150,000 miles is to rotate my tires. This car is quiet, fast and emission free. I plug it in every night at home, and it charges on off-peak energy.

Even if it were getting power solely from electricity derived from coal -- a common criticism of electric cars -- my vehicle uses 50 percent less carbon dioxide than a 24 mpg gas car.

While India is also growing fast in importance, it should be absolutely clear that it is the two largest CO2 emitters most of all, my own country, that will need to make the boldest moves, or stand accountable before history for their failure to act.

"Both countries should stop using the other's behaviour as an excuse for stalemate and instead develop an agenda for mutual survival in a shared global environment," Mr Gore said at a lavish ceremony in the Oslo city hall.

He will arrive tomorrow night set for his big Kodak moment on Wednesday when he will formally hand over Australia's documents of ratification to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. It will be a packed house, a standing ovation, a picture that will go straight to the pool room.

Climate change negotiators at UN talks in Bali yesterday released the first draft of the key negotiating mandate for a post-Kyoto agreement to be considered by world leaders, including Kevin Rudd, on Wednesday.

The draft document identifies the need for developed countries to reduce emissions by 25 to 40per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, although it does not commit any nation to specific cuts.

The extra funds being used to expand the use of renewable energy resources in these developing nations; with any left-over funds enhancing education, hospitals and other infrastructure.

Perhaps then we could take all this "TALK" seriously.

Naturally, some price incentive could be allowed coupled with assurances, as to where the trees would be planted. This is a lucrative alternative for developing these countrys in a sustainable way.

Who wouldn't want to give in this way? There's no downside to this "ACTION".

Germany now generates 4.5 per cent of its electricity with the wind and appears on track to meet government targets of 25 per cent by 2025.