Here is your R&D top five for December 4th:

Six ideas Obama heard at the White House job summit from the Christian Science Monitor

Kenyans draw weapons over shrinking resources from the Los Angeles Times

Africa: ‘Development More Important Than Quick Conclusion of Doha’ from the Inter Press Service courtesy of AllAfrica

UN panel promises to investigate leaked ‘climategate’ e-mails from the London Times

Assessing China’s Carbon-Cutting Proposal from the Council on Foreign Relations