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  • Governments need to wake up to the fact that water can never be free.

    • Mohamed El-Ashry
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  • Five ways to enable two billion people to turn on the lights, listen to the radio and pump drinking water.

    • Dilip Ahuja
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  • After several false starts, the countries of the South are poised for a big push on renewable energy.

    • José Goldemberg
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  • Few terms in the lexicon of the Earth sciences are as misused as 'desertification' and scientists are partly to blame.

    • Farouk El-Baz
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  • The United Nations Millennium Development Goals will not be met without a serious effort to halt biodiversity loss.

    • Abdul H. Zakri
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  • Developing countries need assurance that combating climate change will not stop their development.

    • Mohan Munasinghe
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  • The roots of the present food crisis can be traced to the consumption patterns of wealthy people.

    • Hans Herren
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  • The cities of the developing world are spectacularly ill-prepared for the explosion in urban living.

    • Hans van Ginkel
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  • The world has helped Africa fight infectious diseases. Africa's leaders must now step up and play their part.

    • Thomas G. Egwang
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  • Knowledge-based development is the mantra of our time. Can someone tell our finance minsters?

    • Raghunath Mashelkar
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