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Preparing for cyclones can save lives, but to save livelihoods nations must also help people adapt to cyclones' impacts, says Saleemul Huq.

The UN has underestimated the technological challenges of stemming carbon emissions, say Roger Pielke Jr, Tom Wigley and Christopher Green.

Based on current growth rates, China's carbon emissions will equal today's entire global output by 2030, warn Ning Zeng and colleagues.

The Kyoto Protocol has failed to tackle climate change and needs a radical rethink, argue Gwyn Prins and Steve Rayner.

The world must take measures to combat climate change now if it is to achieve global sustainability, say Rosina M. Bierbaum and Peter H. Raven.

Climate policies that aim to reduce international trade and tourism go against current poverty reduction strategies, say Terence P. Dawson and Simon J. Allen.