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Climate Change & Energy

Climate Change Energy Picture

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing the world today. Long-term development planning must now include measures to deal with it.

Opinions and Analysis

Woman selling tuna Pacific fisheries need tech to track climate impact

Climate change could benefit some Pacific fisheries, but tracking the success of adaptation needs effective monitoring, says Johann Bell.

15 February 2012 | EN

Ocean-climate buoy in the tropical Pacific Time to stop losing ocean data to vandalism

More must be done to prevent damage of ocean data buoys that costs money, vital data — and lives, say Sidney Thurston and M. Ravichandran.

15 February 2012 | EN

Policy Briefs

Man walking through a flooded ricefield Advancing agricultural adaptation and mitigation

Scientists can help advance policies to promote agricultural practices that can reduce emissions and boost yields.

24 January 2012 | EN
Source: Science

Dharavi slum, India Managing uncertainty in urban adaptation planning

City planners can find a way to use existing evidence and deal with uncertainty in designing strategies for climate change adaptation.

9 December 2011 | EN
Source: International Institute for Environment and Development


News and Features

Ocean buoy, Farallon Islands Ocean science for sustainable development: Facts and figures

Sarah Grimes explores why we need good ocean monitoring, how to get it, and why it still fails Small Island Developing States.

15 February 2012 | EN

Local Kubulau youth with a giant trevally Old and new knowledge combine to protect Fiji's fish

Efforts to protect precious marine biodiversity by combining science and local knowledge are difficult but can work, reports Naomi Antony.

15 February 2012 | EN

Practical Guides

Logging in Papua New Guinea Navigating your way around a REDD story

Tips for journalists reporting on issues surrounding the proposed scheme to pay developing countries to protect their forests.

16 December 2009 | EN
Source: Panos London