http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on climate change impacts and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/news/ Agriculture and how it can adapt to climate change should be given more attention at Copenhagen, a group of scientists has urged.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/don-t-ignore-agriculture-in-climate-talks-experts-warn.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsFri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:10 GMTInnovative agricultural technologies can produce crops that meet climate change challenges, says ICRISAT head William Dar.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/agriculture-can-adapt-to-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:58 GMTAfrican countries lack data on the effect climate change will have on water supplies, scientists said at Africa Water Week.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/africa-facing-climate-data-shortage.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsWed, 11 Nov 2009 03:56:48 GMTFood production in China's Yangtze River Basin faces a dire future but new growing techniques could compensate.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/grain-of-hope-for-yangtze-river-climate-impact.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsTue, 10 Nov 2009 04:34:19 GMTDensely populated cities must use their financial clout to combine the fight for clean air with reducing carbon emissions, scientists say.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/megacities-must-tie-clean-air-goals-to-carbon-cuts-say-experts-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsMon, 09 Nov 2009 03:06:24 GMTClean technology to meet poor communities' needs must lie at the heart of any sustainable strategy to combat climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/clean-technology-as-a-public-good.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsThu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:18 GMTSimply reducing livestock farming in developing countries will neither cut emissions nor benefit the poor, says livestock expert Carlos Seré.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/no-simple-solution-to-livestock-and-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:41:45 GMTChina has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/china-s-nitrogen-emissions-could-worsen-pollution.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:38:09 GMTSix experts, writing in The New York Times, discuss options for ensuring food security in the face of growing populations and climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/can-gm-food-mitigate-world-hunger-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsWed, 28 Oct 2009 05:06:53 GMTJapan and Nepal have announced that they will form a research partnership to study climate change related issues in the Himalayas.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/nepal-japan-team-up-for-himalayan-climate-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsMon, 26 Oct 2009 05:12:29 GMTA weather station network across South Asia is part of an India-led drive for locally produced climate change data.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/weather-station-network-to-serve-south-asia.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsMon, 26 Oct 2009 04:06:59 GMTBiofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/world-needs-sophisticated-biofuel-approach-urges-report.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsTue, 20 Oct 2009 05:11:20 GMTLocal knowledge forms the backbone of a programme in Benin that aims to help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/benin-farmers-unite-against-effects-of-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsTue, 13 Oct 2009 02:54:00 GMTAfrica is starting to produce more food for its people by embracing farming technology, according to a new UN report.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/african-food-production-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsMon, 12 Oct 2009 11:43:45 GMTAndean glaciers provide key information on the climate system and global warming, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/andean-glaciers-informants-of-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsWed, 07 Oct 2009 11:52:41 GMTCrop yields will plummet and millions more children will go hungry unless agricultural practices adapt to climate change, warns a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/climate-change-will-leave-25-million-more-children-hungry--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsWed, 30 Sep 2009 01:21:55 GMTA global energy research network would boost "bottom up" mitigation strategies, says the World Economic Forumhttp://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/task-force-proposes-regional-hubs-for-energy-research-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsTue, 29 Sep 2009 03:30:37 GMTScientists have urged the UN's desertification convention to unite research on land degradation and so convince policymakers to take action.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/uniting-drylands-research-could-halt-looming-crisis.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsMon, 28 Sep 2009 03:27:13 GMTThe Caribbean islands have vowed to be resolute and vigilant about climate change in a new regional agreement.http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/caribbean-islands-make-stand-against-climate.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_climatechangeimpactsSun, 27 Sep 2009 11:00:21 GMTGlobal warming may affect the central Pacific El Niño, increasing its occurrence and leading to severe droughts in 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