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Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
Limited resources and capacity means the world's least developed countries are also the most vulnerable to climate change impacts like extreme weather, land degradation and disease.
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Opinions and Analysis
Include fisheries in global climate policy dialogue
Global discussions on how to adapt to climate change must include fisheries, say Nicholas Dulvy and Edward Allison.
2 June 2009
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Source: Nature Reports Climate Change
Amazon trees worth more alive than dead
We should heed researchers' findings that ceasing deforestation in the Amazon could boost its climate change resilience, says Andrew Mitchell.
8 May 2009
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Source: BBC Online
Policy Briefs
An integrated approach to disaster management
An analysis of integrating disaster management in developing countries in the context of increased disaster risk from climate change.
8 October 2008
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Source: UN-DESA
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
Global warming may halve Bangladesh rice yields
Bangladeshi scientists have used climate modelling to show that global warming will halve rice yields over the next 60 years.
29 June 2009
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Mobile masts used in African weather monitoring
Aims to boost Africa's weather forecasting are taking advantage of its mobile phone infrastructure to mount weather stations on masts.
29 June 2009
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Source: BBC Online / UN News Centre
Livestock may do better than crops, African farmers told
23 June 2009
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Indian summer monsoon weakening, say scientists
18 June 2009
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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.
