The BBC  reports that the 'i's are dotted and the 't's are crossed for the policy makers summary report on fighting climate change. The report will be delivered in Bangkok, Thailand.

Went fishing at the Toronto Islands late this afternoon. Caught three pike, including a seven-pounder, which is a decent fish!

The smallest pike of the three recently had a brush with death, judging from the bite marks near its tail.

At one point, two swans came abnormally close, presumably to see if I had any handouts for them. I did not. When this became clear to the swans, they left. Before they did, and I don't know whether the bird was trying to make a statement or not, one of them took a dump in the water right in front of me.

Early-season swan guano is latte-coloured, if you're wondering. If your'e really curious, the offal formed a starburst-like pattern, sort of like fecal fireworks.

Back in early January, NATO admitted that it had killed too many civilians in 2006.

What a lack of difference four months makes. Observe this BBC story about the deaths of at least 50 Afghan civilians this week as a result of NATO military operations:

In Kabul, President Hamid Karzai met foreign military commanders to express his displeasure.

"The president told Nato and coalition commanders that the patience of the Afghan people is wearing thin with the continued killing of innocent civilians," a statement from his office said.

"Civilian deaths and arbitrary decisions to search people's houses have reached an unacceptable level and Afghans cannot put up with it any longer.

Mr Karzai told journalists that civilian deaths would bring "bad consequences".

"It is becoming a heavy burden and we are not happy about it.

"I hope the international community will find with us, with our relevant ministries, a mechanism that will bring an end to collateral damage, to damage to civilians."

Update

NATO promises to do better.

Here's a feature I did for CTV.ca looking ahead to Friday's report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change about what must be done to keep dangerous climate change from occurring.

And here's a related BBC news story from the conference in Bangkok that also ties to the George Monbiot column I posted about on Tuesday.