A pledge to increase support for biodiversity targets in developing countries is welcome, but care for indigenous people is vital too.

Yet more failure to make much progress on climate change in Durban means that developing countries must exert stronger political pressure.

Next year's Rio+20 meeting must put science-based innovation at the heart of the development agenda. But the real battle will be political.

The modest achievements of last week's climate talks in Mexico must not create a false sense of complacency.

Policymakers need better information about the regional impact of climate change on water supplies, and on ways of adapting to it.

There were many regrets after the climate conference but it did reveal the new political setting within which climate change must be fought.

Clean technology to meet poor communities' needs must lie at the heart of any sustainable strategy to combat climate change.

Climate change's complex links with insect-borne disease need solid research — not alarmism that distracts from other crucial factors.