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Editorials archive results 1-20 of 37 in Climate Change & Energy
Clean technology as a public good
Clean technology to meet poor communities' needs must lie at the heart of any sustainable strategy to combat climate change.
Get the science straight on climate change and disease
Climate change's complex links with insect-borne disease need solid research — not alarmism that distracts from other crucial factors.
Reducing forest emissions needs good science
The climate change debate offers a way to integrate forest management into development policy, but strategies must be informed by good science.
Contract and converge: The path to sustainable growth
This week's G20 summit in London must ensure that any solution to the global financial crisis also commits to sustainable economic growth.
2009: Will a crisis turn into an opportunity?
Science can help developing countries facing commodity-price and climate turmoil: the biggest challenge is how to ensure it does.
Promises, promises …
More efforts are needed to hold the leaders of the G8 nations to commitments made at their annual summit meetings.
EDITORIAL | 11 July 2008 | EN
Biofuels: Let's look before we leap
A commitment to biofuels should be based on a careful assessment of their prospective benefits and costs, not a blind leap of faith.
Technology alone will not solve energy crisis
The world must not miss its second chance to take a radically different approach to energy consumption.
Don't run for President, Mr Gore
Last week's award of the Nobel peace prize signals the coming of age of the public communication of science.
Simple and cheap: Nepal's application of science
Almost unnoticed, Nepal is developing simple and cheap technologies that make the best of local resources and don't damage the environment.
EDITORIAL | 16 August 2007 | EN
Africa needs better data to combat global warming
Effective adaptation strategies will require reliable scientific data both on the nature of climate change and on its potential impact.
EDITORIAL | 1 August 2007 | EN
G8 needs more 'joined-up' thinking on science
At its global summit next week the G8 needs to build on the work of its predecessors, putting science and technology back at the heart of the international aid agenda.
World Bank must show political independence
The row over the World Bank president's behaviour reinforces the need to safeguard its lending policies from ideological pressure.
EDITORIAL | 18 May 2007 | EN
Turning the spotlight on sustainable development
All members of the media must work together to ensure sustainable development is given the attention it deserves.
Biofuel: a new opportunity for science collaboration?
The interest in Brazil's ethanol programme should be used to set up fairer partnerships between developing and developed countries.
An upbeat message on climate change
A report last week on the economic aspects of climate change is not just another warning of imminent catastrophe, it is also an optimistic message for developed and developing countries alike.
Should developing nations embrace nuclear energy?
A combination of factors appears to be pushing the risk-benefit balance back into nuclear's favour as an energy option for developing countries. SciDev.Net readers are invited to comment.
G8 summit must remember the needs of the poor
The forthcoming meeting of heads of the world's industrialised nations must not let self-interest detract from the challenge of global poverty and efforts to soften the impact of globalisation on the developing world.
EDITORIAL | 11 July 2006 | EN
Iran's nuclear standoff: we need a peaceful solution
Any effort to eliminate Iran's nuclear research facilities by force would be both a catastrophe for the region and a major setback for the 'science for development' debate.
EDITORIAL | 19 April 2006 | EN
The need for new strategy on climate policy
Despite the apparent success of the latest international negotiations on climate change, new approaches to reaching agreement on reducing carbon emissions in an equitable way are needed more than ever.
EDITORIAL | 12 December 2005 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
A climate for disease?
Will climate change worsen the burden of insect-borne disease? The scientific jury is still out
