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Bolivia's UN ambassador Pablo Solon responds to the refrain pervading the media and some negotiators at the UN climate change talks in Mexico of 'low expectations'. 'We have the highest expectations from Cancún, because nothing less than the future of our grandchildren and our planet depends on it' he writes...
In the first of a four-part video series on climate change in Ecuador and Peru, the Guardian's John Vidal takes us through the snow-capped peaks of the Andes, where the Cayambe mountain glaciers are melting. In the hills below, farmers are struggling with the effects of changing weather systems...
As the world prepares for the Cancún summit, the Guardian UK's John Vidal visits people on the frontline of climate change, in the Andes mountains of Peru and Ecuador, to see how communities and governments are trying to adapt...
'Reducing disaster risk, and providing the most vulnerable with safe water and sanitation is as much about building their resilience to climate change as it is about justice, equality and development' writes Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai in an editorial for the Guardian UK...
Next week, climate talks resume in Cancun. 'What effect is climate change already having on the developing world?', is the topic of the Guardian Focus podcast presented by Madeleine Bunting, with a special report on Mali...
In the run-up to Cancun, the Guardian's Global development podcast will focus on climate change and adaptation and is calling for comments or questions to share with the panellists. Saleemul Huq, a member of the Guardian's Global development site's advisory panel - will be participating by phone from Cancun....
'We will continue to reduce flood risk by investing in defence schemes, but it is essential that people are also better prepared, by setting up groups, signing up to our flood warning service and rebuilding damaged properties to make them more flood-proof' said Paul Leinster, Environment Agency chief executive, in a report by The Guardian...
'Several months of unrest preceded the eruptions [..] By monitoring volcanoes, we can understand the processes that drive them to erupt' said Kurt Feigl, professor of geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a co-author of a paper published this week in Nature, reports The Guardian...
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