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Don't sacrifice health in climate battle, warns Gates
Switching the funding spotlight from health to climate change will help neither cause, Bill Gates has argued in his annual letter.
Top emerging nations pledge climate aid for poor states
Brazil, China, India and South Africa have promised to increase climate science cooperation in the developing world.
Climate accord offers some grounds for hope, say analysts
Amid the general developing country gloom at the Copenhagen climate conference outcome, there are some reasons for hope, say experts.
Agricultural alliance vows to grow more and emit less
Rich and poor nations have teamed up to research how agriculture can meet soaring world food demands without increasing emissions.
NEWS | 18 December 2009 | EN | Relevance: 61.91%
Universal energy access key to climate policy, says UN
Technology transfer that gets energy to poor people is essential for a successful climate agreement, say UN experts.
African climate hubs could drive clean energy research
Africa should set up 'climate innovation centres' to help it adapt clean energy sources to its varied needs, say energy advisors.
World will heat more sharply from 2010, warn scientists
Natural phenomena that have masked global warming will draw to a close by 2010, says the UK's Hadley Centre.
Agricultural research 'masterplan' unveiled
Leading agricultural scientists have called for a two-pronged solution to the food crisis, starting with fast roll-out of existing technologies.
NEWS | 11 December 2009 | EN | Relevance: 58.01%
South Asia News in brief: 26 November–9 December 2009
Bangladesh's natural forests nearly all lost or degraded, mangrove forest can control ozone, Netherlands to boost Pakistan biogas, and more.
NEWS | 9 December 2009 | EN | Relevance: 39.97%
Amazonian nations to call on rich for forest protection
Amazonian countries will demand at the Copenhagen climate talks that the developed world helps to pay for the protection of their forest.
NEWS | 9 December 2009 | ES | Relevance: 100.00%
Don't ignore agriculture in climate talks, experts warn
Agriculture and how it can adapt to climate change should be given more attention at Copenhagen, a group of scientists has urged.
NEWS | 20 November 2009 | EN | Relevance: 89.78%
Speed up climate tech transfer, urges UN meeting
A UN conference has made an urgent call for developed countries to transfer climate-friendly technologies to the developing world.
EU climate proposal 'unrealistic'
An African climate negotiator has rejected the EU's suggestion that developing countries should meet some of their climate change costs.
India says no to emission reduction
India has said that it will not agree to emission reduction targets, given that it has among the lowest emissions per capita.
NEWS | 20 July 2009 | EN | Relevance: 61.67%
Small farmers could cash in on carbon monitoring
Small farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.
Battle lines drawn over climate mitigation registry
Developed and developing countries are divided over whether a registry to record mitigation efforts should be mandatory.
NEWS | 16 April 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文 | Relevance: 68.05%
Charcoal plan for carbon storage under fire
Proposals to sequester carbon on a grand scale by turning biomass into "biochar" have been criticised by groups who say the idea is untested.
Put agriculture at heart of climate talks, says report
A new report has urged that climate talks consider agriculture's role as both a casualty and driver of climate change.
Renewable energy's role 'underestimated'
Renewable energy could account for a much higher proportion of the global energy supply than previously estimated — if we pay up.
Sea level rise 'will surpass worst-case scenario'
Sea levels are now predicted to rise above previously predicted maximums, hitting developing countries hard.
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No GM eggplant here
India won't be growing GM aubergine until everyone is convinced it is safe, says the government
New ways to fund R&D
A WHO group did support radical ways of increasing disease R&D, argues a member
Ending the scourge of diarrhoea
A vaccine against rotavirus works even in developing country conditions
India gets organised on climate research
India plans to fill a climate "knowledge gap" with its new network
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Professional societies springing up across Africa need funds and enthusiasm to networking to succeed
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