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Agriculture and how it can adapt to climate change should be given more attention at Copenhagen, a group of scientists has urged.

A report released at the 2nd Africa Water Week warns that climate change is putting the continent's water resources at risk.

Food production in China's Yangtze River Basin faces a dire future but new growing techniques could compensate.

Strong intellectual property rights do not always ease the transfer of climate technologies and may even hinder it, claims a study.

A UN conference has made an urgent call for developed countries to transfer climate-friendly technologies to the developing world.

Crop yields will plummet and millions more children will go hungry unless agricultural practices adapt to climate change, warns a report.

An African climate negotiator has rejected the EU's suggestion that developing countries should meet some of their climate change costs.

Poor countries can continue to develop while curbing climate change, by pursuing 'climate-smart' technologies, says the World Bank.

Bangladesh will host an international climate adaptation centre that will provide training and foster dissemination of research.

The African Union looks set to demand US$67 billion a year for technology transfer, training of scientists and data collection.

The International Council for Science is asking scientists to define the research agenda in global environmental change.

A new fund will help Africans share their knowledge of adapting to climate change.

India has said that it will not agree to emission reduction targets, given that it has among the lowest emissions per capita.

As African nations heat up, many could use maize varieties cultivated in hotter nations. Not so for a band of countries in the Sahel.

China's progress in poverty reduction could be compromised unless it prioritises climate change adaptation, a report has warned.

Researchers have found that keeping livestock as well as growing crops will reduce African farmers' vulnerability to climate change.

Adaptation technologies are losing out in the climate change negotiations because they lack a single champion, say agencies.

Policymakers facing tough decisions about moving people because of climate change may be helped by a mathematical model.

The World Bank says that India must improve its climate resilience strategy, suggesting measures including a shift to dryland farming.

A synthesis of over 3,400 Pacific Ocean studies reveals threats to coastal communities but also widely applicable potential solutions.