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Emissions from cattle and sheep are significant contributors to planetary warming. But how close are we to creating low-emitting livestock? Kevin Morrison reports.

Oxford economist Dieter Helm co-edits a new book, The Economics and Politics of Climate Change, due out next month. Anna Barnett caught up with him in London to get his take on a long-term strategy for reducing emissions.

Last week, India laid out an ambitious plan for solar energy. Anna Barnett looks at how far it will go in reducing the country's carbon footprint.

Protecting forests offers a quick and cost-effective way of reducing emissions, but agreeing a means to do so won't be easy. Mark Schrope reports.

Ice has become an unequalled resource for studying the Earth's climatic history. Anna Barnett rounds up several new features on our site that pay tribute to the field of paleoclimatology, from the initial discovery of climatic clues in ice through to current efforts to recover a core that stretches back over a million years.

Climate change is inherently a social problem — so why have sociologists been so slow to study it? Kerri Smith reports.

It's the water-dependent modern world that needs saving, not Botswana's besieged Kalahari Bushmen.

Contention can be an opportunity to connect, rather than an obstacle to engaging with climate change.