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In absence of domestic markets, organics of the poor head North

UK says climate change security threat, wants UNSC debate

Dividing the developing countries will spell disaster for Copenhagen and future climate negotiations

“Not in my lifetime”

The new UNFCCC chief on a full climate deal

Devil quotes the scriptures

The absence of a clear position on the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the clean development mechanism amounts to doublespeak

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Global Environmental Governance

Global environmental negotiations on issues such as climate change, biodiversity and desertification often seem to be far removed from the …

Withdrawal symptoms

Drug firms abandon their case against South Africa over the pricing of AIDS medicines

Lost chance

Gridlock over farm trade issues continues

Survey exposes Philippines' rice research body

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Hungry to give

US makes good business from food aid

Climate hara-kiri

Poverty as a posture?

On tenterhooks in Geneva

People forget food is about land, water, labour

Producing food simply to dump it is a waste of land, water, energy required for growing, processing and transporting it. Tristram Stuart,author …

Mercury ban agreed

Light pollution spreads diseases

It is difficult to comprehend modern life sans nighttime light. But the amenity comes at a price. Bruno A S De Medeiros and Alessandro Barghini …

No balanced package for Doha

Bangkok climate talks divided over closure of long-term cooperative action

Bad environment makes the poor more susceptible to diseases

Since 1997, V Ramaswamy has been working in Priya Manna Basti in Howrah -- a town inhabited by railway porters -- under the Howrah pilot …

A time-bomb ticking

Genomics could help cure cancer

Eugene W Myers , vice president for informatics research at Celera Genomics, usa , is the brain behind computer applications used to assemble …

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A logjam in the making

Lack of enthusiasm marks the preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development