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Training tree fellers in forest management can cut tree damage and carbon emissions from degradation, argue Francis E. Putz and colleagues.

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

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.

With the right investment, Africa could get real benefits from growing the latest GM crops, says Idah Sithole-Niang.

Biodiversity is a complex issue, says Camilla Toulmin, and the G8 report on its economic value faces many challenges.

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

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.

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.

Saleemul Huq says the time is now ripe for the development community to engage with climate change.

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.

Indur M. Golkany argues that addressing greenhouse gas emissions is less important than tackling the problems — such as hunger, drought and malaria — that climate change will exacerbate.

Rattan Lal says that increasing the amount of carbon trapped in soil can help limit climate change, whilst boosting yields and increasing food security in poor countries.