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Climate change — adapting is crucial too
Climate change is a reality in developing regions, who say the international community must not neglect better adaptation strategies.
FEATURE | 4 September 2009 | EN
Reducing forest emissions: Facts and figures
Hannah Chalmers gives the low-down on how reducing emissions from deforestation can play a central role in tackling climate change.
An eye in the sky watching forests disappear
Remote sensing is crucial for getting the measure of forest loss. Countries don't need their own satellites but they do need training.
Climate salvation from low-soot stoves?
Using low-soot stoves in Africa and Asia would cut levels of black carbon, which warms the atmosphere.
Can crops be climate-proofed?
Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.
Sugarcane ethanol: Brazil's biofuel success
Brazil's successful sugarcane ethanol industry owes much to massive investment in infrastructure and research, reports Carla Almeida.
Carbon credits: India's bumpy ride to market
India has experienced first-hand the delays and difficulties associated with developing a carbon credits market, writes Paroma Basu.
FEATURE | 8 October 2007 | EN
Pollution control key to beating China's algal blooms
Controlling the amount of pollution that goes into China's Taihu Lake is the key to managing the algal blooms, writes Lucie Guo.
Monitoring climate change at the top of the world
Scientists in the Himalayas are battling poor resources to protect the area from the effects of climate change. T. V. Padma reports.
Bhutan's balancing act: Happiness vs. development
T. V. Padma reports on Bhutan's dilemma: how to reconcile conservation, economic development and happiness in a modern world.
Indonesia's peatlands: A golden carbon ticket?
Indonesia's carbon-storing peatlands are interesting the world's carbon-traders. But that's news to the locals, reports Gillian Murdoch.
Cutting China's carbon cost
China's carbon emissions have shot up as energy demands soar. But will this change with new technology? Jane Wu investigates.
Harnessing sunshine in an oil-rich world
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is going green by building a new city powered by solar energy, writes Ahmed A. Elewa.
FEATURE | 5 June 2007 | EN
'Green dams' could cut greenhouse gas emissions
Tim Hirsch reports on a method of extracting methane from hydroelectric dams to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
China keeping track of railway environment
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is an ecological success, but will need long-term monitoring, say Changhui Peng and colleagues.
Africa: a 'natural laboratory' for climate adaptation
Adaptation is now seen as an important aspect of climate change action and Africa's villages have much to teach us, reports Jim Giles.
The bad side of biofuel: palm oil in Indonesia
The popularity of palm oil as a biofuel is a disaster for Indonesia's forests, providing cover for illegal loggers and destroying biodiversity in the region, reports Ian MacKinnon.
Asia's air-conditioning damages the ozone layer
An explosion in demand for air-conditioning units in Asia could be slowing the healing of the ozone layer, reports Keith Bradsher.
How to rehydrate a peatland rainforest
Lucy Williamson reports on the problems faced by a project to rehabilitate Indonesia's depleted peatland rainforests.
Brazil faces forecast of heat and dust
New climate change models predict a heavy impact from global warming on Brazil's biodiversity, agriculture and health, reports Helen Mendes.
FEATURE | 8 February 2007 | EN
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