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Managing world's tropical forest spurs debate

The UN supports forest protection in the next climate agreement, but questions on how to tackle deforestation are still being debated.

Source: Nature

14 March 2008 | EN | 中文

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Monitoring climate change at the top of the world

Scientists in the Himalayas are battling poor resources to protect the area from the effects of climate change. T. V. Padma reports.

16 August 2007 | EN | 中文

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Bhutan's balancing act: Happiness vs. development

T. V. Padma reports on Bhutan's dilemma: how to reconcile conservation, economic development and happiness in a modern world.

16 August 2007 | EN | 中文

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Development versus climate change in India

India won't halt development to avoid greenhouse gas emissions but is taking steps to adapt to climate change that is already inevitable, reports T. V. Padma.

31 August 2006 | EN

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India & climate change: Facts and figures

T.V. Padma looks at how and why greenhouse gas emissions from India are on the rise.

18 August 2006 | EN

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Wet or dry? Sahel's uncertain future

Climate change in Africa's Sahel region challenges researchers and policymakers because the best models around predict opposite outcomes, reports Catherine Brahic.

5 June 2006 | EN

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What next? Carbon markets and clean development

Catherine Brahic reports on how fluctuations in Europe’s emissions market could impede green development in poor countries.

19 May 2006 | EN

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The bumpy road to clean, green fuel

Charles Mkoka and Mike Shanahan report on the drive to produce 'biodiesel' from billions of trees planted across the developing world.

4 November 2005 | EN | 中文