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The challenges faced by the South in dealing with the impacts of climate change are gaining recognition in international policy circles. But policies to address these effectively have yet to be designed and implemented.
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Opinions and Analysis
WHO climate research agenda will make health count
A new WHO research agenda on climate change and health emphasises the importance of health issues in climate discussions, says The Lancet.
Trade and climate policies must be linked post-2012
Emissions from China's export industry are everyone's responsibility — future trade and climate policy must be linked, says Glen Peters.
Voluntary co-operation can work on global problems
15 September 2008
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Source: IISD/MEA Bulletin
Policy Briefs
To be resilient to climate change, Africa must adapt
Better integration of science and policy in Africa is crucial for effective adaptation to climate change, concluded an international workshop.
30 July 2007
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Source: IIED/Tyndall Centre
NAPAs put climate change adaptation on the map
National Adaptation Programmes of Action put climate change adaptation on the development agenda, write Balgis Osman-Elasha and Thomas E. Downing.
30 July 2007
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Source: European Capacity Building Initiative, University of Oxford
News and Features
Monitoring carbon storage 'more effective than closing power plants'
New research reveals that using existing technologies to monitor carbon storage could save more carbon than closing power plants.
1 December 2008
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Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
1 December 2008
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Scientists 'can help Africa adapt to climate change'
22 October 2008
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