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News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
India is a key contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the country is under increasing pressure to put strategies in place to adapt to, if not mitigate, climate change.
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Opinions and Analysis
Technology alone will not solve energy crisis
The world must not miss its second chance to take a radically different approach to energy consumption.
Wanted: Imaginative Indian climate scientists
To meet the challenge of climate change, Indian scientists need more imagination and vigour, and to stop playing safe, says Sunita Narain.
India's pragmatic approach to climate change
31 August 2006
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Policy Briefs
How biodiversity and climate change interact
Hannah Reid, Balakrishna Pisupati and Helen Baulch explore the inextricable links between biodiversity and climate, and explain why an integrated policy approach is required.
News and Features
Researchers pinpoint climate change 'hotspots'
Researchers have mapped climate change hotspots around the globe, focusing on specific hazards including floods, cyclones and droughts.
4 September 2008
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G8 leaders pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2050
G8 leaders pledge to cut carbon emission levels to 50 per cent by 2050, but developing countries continue to insist on more concrete targets.
India launches climate change action plan
4 July 2008
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