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Climate Change & Energy: Adaptation

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Combating the threats of human-induced global warming requires more than reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Equally important are adaptation changes that reduce society's vulnerability to climate change.

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Opinions and Analysis

Clean technology as a public good

Clean technology to meet poor communities' needs must lie at the heart of any sustainable strategy to combat climate change.

5 November 2009 | EN

India should make its national climate plans global

India should offer to make its national action plans part of a global climate deal in Copenhagen negotiations, says Rajendra K. Pachauri.

22 October 2009 | EN | 中文
Source: Nature

Policy Briefs

children-in-Pacific-Greenpeace-Garry-Braasch Reducing the adverse health effects of climate change

Enhancing disease surveillance and response and improving environmental conditions can help reduce negative health impacts of climate change.

9 September 2009 | EN
Source: The Bulletin of the WHO

Making low carbon development pro-poor

With the right mix of policy measures, low carbon development can be made to benefit the poor.

3 September 2009 | EN
Source: Institute of Development Studies


News and Features

Climate change's tech transfer challenge

Getting the right technology into poor countries is crucial for fighting climate change but how should we go about it? T. V. Padma investigates.

5 November 2009 | EN

Link between patent law and tech transfer 'not proven'

Strong intellectual property rights do not always ease the transfer of climate technologies and may even hinder it, claims a study.

29 October 2009 | EN | 中文

Practical Guides

Climate change: How to report the story of the century

Reporting on climate change is an important but challenging task. James Fahn explains how to make your stories both accurate and engaging.

16 March 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文