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Climate-change reporting is woefully inadequate because too often editors lack interest and assign writers without expertise, says James Fahn.

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

The time is right for Europe to change its carbon trading rules, giving Africa access to the market, writes Louis V. Verchot.

For Africans, there has been no justice so far in global action against climate change, argues Chukwumerije Okereke.

African leaders need to stop ignoring climate change and incorporate mitigation and adaptation policies into development, argues Anthony Nyong.

The state, business and media are vital to tackling Africa's environmental challenges, says Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

The latest IPPC report offers an opportunity to put climate change policies into development agendas, say Gary Yohe and Rodel Lasco.

Adaptation strategies are essential to cope with future climate events, no matter how much emissions are cut, argues Roger Pielke and colleagues.

Some think India is unwilling to tackle climate change, but national measures are already making a real contribution, argues Preety M. Bhandari.

Guilio Volpi argues that Brazil's policy of promoting biofuels risks increasing deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon emissions trading would not be an effective way of halting deforestation of the Amazon rainforest; using Brazil’s existing fiscal measures for conservation may hold more promise says Emily Boyd.

Global warming is best tackled with a fragmented, 'non-global' approach tailored to individual countries, say David Victor, Joshua House and Sarah Joy.

An export duty on carbon-intensive products, similar to that recently imposed by China on textiles, could help overcome the key obstacle to Southern participation in the upcoming 'post-Kyoto' climate change negotiations, say Benito Müller and Anju Sharma.

Emily Boyd describes the gap between the perceptions of those responsible for designing policies to curb global warming, and those faced with implementing them on the ground.

Jeffrey D. Sachs argues that climate change, poverty and hunger can only be addressed if scientists and policy makers come together to reach a 'true consensus' on what action is needed.