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Films and television programmes about climate change should be made freely available beyond their initial broadcast, argues Nalaka Gunawardene.

Rising temperatures, which promote algal blooms and the spread of pathogens, are setting a new agenda for microbiologists, says Bernard Dixon.

Countries like Namibia cannot ignore the environment's contribution to national wealth in the face of climate change, says James MacGregor.

A new WHO research agenda on climate change and health emphasises the importance of health issues in climate discussions, says The Lancet.

Preparing for cyclones can save lives, but to save livelihoods nations must also help people adapt to cyclones' impacts, says Saleemul Huq.

Emissions from China's export industry are everyone's responsibility — future trade and climate policy must be linked, says Glen Peters.

Home to most of the Himalayas, Nepal must be at the heart of any regional climate change initiative, says Murari Sharma.

Small island developing states should set an example by promoting a clean energy environment, says Tom Roper.

Voluntary collaboration between governments and international organisations can be an effective way to address global scientific issues, says Michael Williams.

'Energy grasses' are viewed as an alternative to fossil fuels, but their potential failings need further consideration, warns Jiang Gaoming.

The common image of China as a big carbon polluter belies the clean energy miracle currently underway in the country, says Wu Changhua.

Biotechnology is only one of a set of approaches needed to solve the world's problems, says an editorial in Nature Biotechnology.

Climate-change reporting is woefully inadequate because too often editors lack interest and assign writers without expertise, says James Fahn.

Training tree fellers in forest management can cut tree damage and carbon emissions from degradation, argue Francis E. Putz and colleagues.

The environmental and social costs of producing biofuels on land can be avoided by farming seaweed, says Ricardo Radulovich.

Volunteer citizen scientists are an important resource — particularly for developing countries, argue Nigel Winser and Raghu Saxena.

The UN has underestimated the technological challenges of stemming carbon emissions, say Roger Pielke Jr, Tom Wigley and Christopher Green.

Based on current growth rates, China's carbon emissions will equal today's entire global output by 2030, warn Ning Zeng and colleagues.

The health sector must more closely consider the effects of climate change, write A. J. McMichael and colleagues in the British Medical Journal.

The time is right for Europe to change its carbon trading rules, giving Africa access to the market, writes Louis V. Verchot.