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Climate change is the greatest challenge facing the world today. Long-term development planning must now include measures to deal with it.
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Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility is a funding agency for environmental projects. Based in Washington DC, it is jointly administered by the World Bank, the UN Development Programme and the UN Environment Programme. It supports projects related to land degradation, climate change, biodiversity, international waters, the ozone layer and persistent organic pollutants.
Information Services
Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
Clean cooperation
Countries must cooperate to develop clean technologies. Joint technology innovation centres can help
Just add water
Policymakers must improve water storage to help developing countries adapt to climate change
A climate for disease?
Will climate change worsen the burden of insect-borne disease? The scientific jury is still out
