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Access to clean energy — not emissions reductions — is the key to tackling climate change, say Nancy Birdsall and Arvind Subramanian.

India should offer to make its national action plans part of a global climate deal in Copenhagen negotiations, says Rajendra K. Pachauri.

Agricultural researchers in the North and South must work together to help farmers boost crop yields, says agriculturalist Adel El-Beltagy.

Science and technology minister Professor Romain Murenzi says science and technology will be at the heart of Rwanda's development strategies.

Compulsory licensing of clean technologies will only be needed if developed countries duck UNFCCC obligations, says Dalindyebo Shabalala.

Nanotechnology must be effectively shared with stakeholders if it's to deliver clean water, say Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe.

Open innovation has potential to revitalise the development sector, providing new sources of creative knowledge and resources, says Tara Acharya.

Khungeka Njobe, of South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, shares insights on successful technology transfer.

Academic partnerships bring knowledge and drive economic growth, but success depends on good communications that build trust, says Tim Gore.

Technology transfer is central to translating nanotechnology research into benefits for society, says Bai Chunli.

Nanotechnology could help make drinking water safe, but the risks have to be weighed, say Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe.

It's time that developing country researchers took ownership of their research, argue Frances Gotch and Jill Gilmour.

Two centuries ago the Ottoman rulers of Turkey adopted technology, management and methods of learning from Europe. That experience has lessons for today's developing countries, says Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.

Peter Singer and colleagues provide a model for implementing novel biotechnologies such as vaccines and diagnostics in developing countries.

Science and technology are the keys to bringing Africa closer together, says Mohamed H. A. Hassan.

Exploiting biopesticides in East Africa could help control malaria and stimulate economic development, argues Bob W. Bell Jr.

New web applications can benefit the world's poor, argue Waleed al-Shobakky and Jack Imsdahl.

The Clean Development Mechanism has not yet stimulated a significant low-carbon energy market in the developing world — crucial if it is to help limit climate change, says Michael Wara.

Technology transfer’s promise for eradicating poverty will only be fulfilled when technologies are chosen according to the priorities of the poor, argues Maria Arce Moreira.

Developing countries must build world-class universities to be serious players in the knowledge-based global economy, says Mohamed H. A. Hassan.