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Innovative agricultural technologies can produce crops that meet climate change challenges, says ICRISAT head William Dar.

China is considering a low-carbon road map to reduce emissions while preserving economic growth. Technology is crucial, says Gordon Conway.

Countries must join forces and act quickly to tackle climate change, say Rosina Bierbaum and Robert Zoellick in an editorial in Science.

Practicalities of trading carbon and protecting forests make meeting high expectations for REDD hard, say Esteve Corbera and Manuel Estrada.

Time is running out for African countries to ensure that a global climate deal addresses their needs, says Linda Nordling.

Climate change will make Indian dryland agriculture harder, but a scientific strategy offers real hope, says ICRISAT head William D. Dar.

Action on climate change is key to ensuring sustainable development in Nepal, say activists Gagan Thapa and Kashish Das Shresth.

To get the best for and from Africa, REDD negotiators must hear African viewpoints, says head of the African Forest Forum, Godwin Kowero.

Without knowing REDD's true costs we can't analyse the benefits, says the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins' Peter A. Minang.

Growing trees among crops could sustain both environments and livelihoods in Africa, say F.K. Akinnifesi, B. Muys and O.C. Ajayi.

South Asian countries must be rewarded for afforestation, reforestation and carbon stock growth, say N. H. Ravindranath and Shamama Afreen.

Reducing deforestation is crucial to mitigate climate change, but it mustn't be used as an excuse to continue polluting, says Roman Czebiniak of Greenpeace.

Compulsory licensing of clean technologies will only be needed if developed countries duck UNFCCC obligations, says Dalindyebo Shabalala.

We should heed researchers' findings that ceasing deforestation in the Amazon could boost its climate change resilience, says Andrew Mitchell.

Forests are valuable assets, and reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) should be prioritised, says Virgilio M. Viana.

Worries that meat consumption is driving climate change should not be allowed to impact on farming in poor countries, says Carlos Sere.

China can reduce carbon emissions — and the cost of fighting climate change — by storing carbon in farmland soil, says Jiang Gaoming.

China could make great use of wind power but they need to get their policies right, says an editorial in Nature.

The future is bright for clean technology investors in China, says venture capitalist Gary Rieshel.

Training tree fellers in forest management can cut tree damage and carbon emissions from degradation, argue Francis E. Putz and colleagues.