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Six key issues threaten the promise of climate finance made to the developing world at UN climate talks in Copenhagen.

Better land and water management could improve yields and help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Fisheries and aquaculture can adapt to climate change by applying best practices, exploring new options and changing focus.

Providing more and diverse water storage infrastructure is crucial to securing reliable water supplies in the face of climate change.

Enhancing disease surveillance and response and improving environmental conditions can help reduce negative health impacts of climate change.

With the right mix of policy measures, low carbon development can be made to benefit the poor.

Including agriculture in international climate negotiations can help meet mitigation and adaptation goals while also reducing poverty.

A four-step plan to help governments integrate adaptation to climate change into development planning and policy.

Better integration of science and policy in Africa is crucial for effective adaptation to climate change, concluded an international workshop.

National Adaptation Programmes of Action put climate change adaptation on the development agenda, write Balgis Osman-Elasha and Thomas E. Downing.

Saleemul Huq and Richard J.T. Klein explain why adaptation to climate change is a necessary and urgent approach to complement mitigation efforts, and how the issue is being addressed at both a national and global level.