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Agriculture and how it can adapt to climate change should be given more attention at Copenhagen, a group of scientists has urged.

Meeting the G8 emissions targets would mean poor countries compromising their development, Chinese researchers say.

New programme to bolster Africa agriculture, malaria control method overlooked, traditional healers have key role in epilepsy, and more.

A report released at the 2nd Africa Water Week warns that climate change is putting the continent's water resources at risk.

An Indian report rejects the consensus view that the Himalayan glaciers are shrinking rapidly — sparking controversy.

African countries lack data on the effect climate change will have on water supplies, scientists said at Africa Water Week.

The Maldives ahead of carbon neutral target, South Asia marred by slow broadband, Nepal to discuss climate at Everest's base, and more.

Food production in China's Yangtze River Basin faces a dire future but new growing techniques could compensate.

Densely populated cities must use their financial clout to combine the fight for clean air with reducing carbon emissions, scientists say.

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.