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Agriculture can adapt to climate change
Innovative agricultural technologies can produce crops that meet climate change challenges, says ICRISAT head William Dar.
OPINION | 20 November 2009 | EN
Satellites can help monitor and manage African droughts
Kenyan MP and remote sensing expert, Wilbur Ottichilo, argues the time is ripe for using satellites to spot developing African droughts.
Pacific warning systems are failing
The Samoan earthquake highlights worrying shortcomings in Pacific early warning systems, says Richard Hamblyn.
US should focus foreign aid on food, health and water
The United States should boost funding for food, health and water, says Thomas R. Pickering, former US ambassador to the UN.
Community ownership is key to nanotech water projects
Nanotechnology must be effectively shared with stakeholders if it's to deliver clean water, say Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe.
Nanotech for water can help business innovate and grow
Developing world businesses must invest in nanotech research and development for clean water to stay ahead, says Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb.
Developing world advances nanotech for clean water
Developing countries are making good progress on nanotech for clean water, say Paulo Sergio de Paula Herrmann Jr. and José Antônio Brum.
The popular myth of 'water wars'
Water shortages do not, and will not, cause wars — cooperation is the dominant response to shared water resources, says Wendy Barnaby.
China: Conserving water is the only solution
Anti-drought technologies aren't enough to solve China's water shortages — better agricultural water management is essential, says Li Taige.
Water: We must make better use of what we've got
We must learn to live with less water by investing in infrastructure and knowledge to help maximise what we have, says David Molden.
Technology transfer: lessons learnt in South Africa
Khungeka Njobe, of South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, shares insights on successful technology transfer.
OPINION | 28 January 2009 | EN
Environment and health sectors must work together
A meeting of African scientists and ministers on the environment's impact on health is welcome, if long overdue, says an editorial in The Lancet.
OPINION | 27 August 2008 | EN
Invest in water for farming, or the world will go hungry
Super crops won't be enough — the planet will run short of food by 2030 unless we invest to avoid an imminent world water crisis, says Colin Chartres.
Risk research needed for water nanotechnology
Nanotechnology could help make drinking water safe, but the risks have to be weighed, say Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe.
OPINION | 25 October 2007 | EN
Clean environment, clean bill of health
Policymakers must plan for healthier environments now to avoid unnecessary loss of life, says an editorial in The Lancet.
Biofuel crops could drain developing world dry
Growing biofuels could put pressure on scarce water supplies in poorer countries, argues Charlotte de Fraiture.
OPINION | 10 May 2007 | EN
Water in the Middle East: Science across borders
Despite regional unrest, Middle Eastern scientists are working together to manage precious water supplies, says Eric Pallant.
Colombian science priorities 'ignore vital topics'
Germán Poveda says Colombia's government did not consult scientists when they reformed funding priorities, and that research relating to water and the environment will suffer as a result.
OPINION | 9 September 2004 | EN
Clean water: a global pipe dream?
Rhona MacDonald says the effort to get clean water to the developing world is running out of time.
OPINION | 19 December 2003 | EN
'Soft path' solution to 21st-century water needs
Peter H. Gleick champions a small-scale, community-based and environmentally friendly way of meeting world water needs.
OPINION | 28 November 2003 | EN
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