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At the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen this December, talk will turn to scientific, political and economic issues with a global reach and a long history — not easy to pick up from the daily news. We asked select experts on climate change what books we should be reading ahead of the big event.

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.

New philosophies on climate policy are well and good, but to be meaningful they must be translated into concrete policy options.

Efforts to help the rural poor adapt to climate change should bolster resilience to natural disasters and climate variability rather than focusing on specific impacts.

Words matter as much as images in communicating climate change.

In this new book, economist Nicholas Stern makes a sweeping proposal for a global climate deal.

Will future generations condemn our sluggish response to climate change?

A layman's guide to climate economics leaves the average reader unable to distinguish mainstream theory from heterodoxy.