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The domino effect By Achim Steiner

In our increasingly globalised world, no nation is exempt from the impacts of climate change. Small-island and least-developed states may bear the brunt, but developed and emerging economies will also be affected. We must all seize the opportunities that 2015 presents
Asia: climate change battleground By Preety Bhandari

Asia and the Pacific has much to gain from combating climate change, having endured some of the worst climate-related disasters of recent years. But with the region producing an ever-greater share of global carbon emissions, what can it do to protect its people – and the world – from the effects of climate change?
Africa’s climate challenge By Balgis Osman-Elasha

In the world’s poorest inhabited continent, climate change poses a potentially devastating threat. The specific climate issues facing Africa will demand focused  solutions if the continent is to provide a prosperous future for its people
Securing Africa’s drinking water By Karin Krchnak

Water scarcity is a daily fact of life for more than a third of Africans. With climate change threatening to further limit availability, the continent needs an urgent integrated  solution if it is to safeguard the future of its communities and economies
Managing risks, preventing disasters By Margareta Wahlström

Reducing the risk of climate-related and other disasters and better equipping communities to deal with them are key elements of the post-2015 development agenda
Communities and land use are key By Robin Matthews

Through the ClimateXChange initiative set up by the Scottish government in 2011, the James Hutton Institute has been providing information to policy teams on mitigation and adaptation strategies
The ocean is the climate By Luis Valdés, Thorkild Aarup, Vladimir Ryabinin

Covering seven-tenths of the Earth’s surface, the oceans have played a major role in mopping up greenhouse gas emissions. What effect is this having on them and the ecosystems they support – and what does this mean for the future of the planet?
Marine protection to mitigate climate impacts By Dominique Duval-Diop

The formation of Marine Protected Areas can play an important role in safeguarding valuable ecosystems and the transnational communities that depend on them in West Africa and the world
Nation under threat By Anote Tong

The Republic of Kiribati, an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean, faces the very real prospect of disappearing under rising sea levels by the end of the century. In this impassioned plea, its president calls for urgent action to avert disaster for this and other nations under climate threat
Managing climate-driven migration By William Lacy Swing

The effect of climate change on migration is complex, both forcing displacement and limiting people’s ability to move. Only by embedding action on migration into climate policy will the international community be able to prevent the issue blighting the lives of millions of people
Climate change and conflict By Abiodun Williams

A changing climate, and the associated threat of chronic resource scarcity, brings with it the risk of new conflicts erupting around the world, and of exacerbating current disputes. What can the international community do to prevent climate-related conflict taking root?
Ensuring food security By Richard Choularton

What can be done to mitigate the impacts of climate change on food security, hunger and malnutrition?
The health burden of global warming By Mark Grabowsky

What are the potential problems for health that climate change brings? What can be done to prepare and protect those communities at greatest risk?