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Clean technology to meet poor communities' needs must lie at the heart of any sustainable strategy to combat climate change.
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Clean technology to meet poor communities' needs must lie at the heart of any sustainable strategy to combat climate change.
A commitment to biofuels should be based on a careful assessment of their prospective benefits and costs, not a blind leap of faith.
The world must not miss its second chance to take a radically different approach to energy consumption.
Almost unnoticed, Nepal is developing simple and cheap technologies that make the best of local resources and don't damage the environment.
16 August 2007 | EN
A report last week on the economic aspects of climate change is not just another warning of imminent catastrophe, it is also an optimistic message for developed and developing countries alike.
A combination of factors appears to be pushing the risk-benefit balance back into nuclear's favour as an energy option for developing countries. SciDev.Net readers are invited to comment.
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
Will climate change worsen the burden of insect-borne disease? The scientific jury is still out