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Nitrous Oxide

A powerful greenhouse gas, whose major sources include soil cultivation practices, especially the use of commercial and organic fertilizers, fossil fuel combustion, nitric acid production, and biomass burning.

No Regrets

This is the term used to describe measures whose benefits — such as improved performance or reduced emissions of local/regional pollutants, but excluding the benefits of climate change mitigation — equal or exceed their costs. [Source: IPCC]

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Participatory mapping in Uganda - Flickr/ILRI

Mapping locally

With a little help, communities can use technology to build local knowledge of climate change risks
Men with a solar panel in Tanzania - Flickr/PRI's The World

Electrifying Africa

An African solar research network is aiming high
Asia–Pacific Analysis

Be prepared

Devastation from typhoons and floods will only increase unless South-East Asian governments start planning now

Man walking through a flooded ricefield by Flickr/ World Bank Photo Collection

Agriculture after Durban

This policy brief outlines how science can help improve policies for agricultural adaptation and mitigation
Engineers - Flickr/Engineering at Cambridge

Forgotten engineers

The role of engineering in shaping sustainable development is being forgotten, say engineers
Cooling towers by Flickr/PaulO

Weighing up nuclear energy

Our Spotlight examines lessons emerging from Fukushima for developing countries in pursuit of nuclear power

Solar spotlight

A collection of articles that asks how solar power can improve access to electricity for the rural poor

Forests for climate

Will proposals to compensate countries for reducing forest emissions work?