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China has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.

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

Pakistan to receive expertise from China, making fertiliser from human faeces, Maldives ministers dive to highlight climate change, and more.

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

Japan and Nepal have announced that they will form a research partnership to study climate change related issues in the Himalayas.

A weather station network across South Asia is part of an India-led drive for locally produced climate change data.

Biofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.

Wastepaper has been overlooked as a clean, cheap source of biofuel that could replace five per cent of petrol, say researchers.

Scientists produce biofuel from water hyacinths, global climate models adjusted for local use, Bhutan to introduce Hib vaccine, and more.

Local knowledge forms the backbone of a programme in Benin that aims to help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change.

Africa is starting to produce more food for its people by embracing farming technology, according to a new UN report.

Andean glaciers provide key information on the climate system and global warming, say scientists.

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

A global energy research network would boost "bottom up" mitigation strategies, says the World Economic Forum

Scientists have urged the UN's desertification convention to unite research on land degradation and so convince policymakers to take action.

The Caribbean islands have vowed to be resolute and vigilant about climate change in a new regional agreement.

Global warming may affect the central Pacific El Niño, increasing its occurrence and leading to severe droughts in India.

River deltas across the world are sinking, leaving millions of people exposed to the risk of severe flooding.

South African clinical research on the wane, women scientists celebrated, South Africa to collaborate with US on nuclear research, and more.

Scenarios — and costs — for attaining a low-carbon economy in China are outlined in a major report.