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In tropical cities, urban heat islands (UHIs) exacerbate an already challenging hot-humid heat burden for residents. UHIs are formed by urban artificial surfaces like concrete and asphalt that retain heat by day and slowly release it at night, never giving cities a chance to cool.
Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry faces a pivotal treaty dispute. The country’s interim government last year decided that both Basel Convention and the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) will apply simultaneously to the local shipbreaking operations.
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What London’s climate week revealed about UK-China green finance work
Starmer might be about to lose power, but LCAW kept UK-China green finance cooperation on a positive trajectory.
Heat and salt threaten to end a tradition dating back hundreds of years. Farmers and scientists are fighting back.
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China’s super-dam is becoming an upstream water bomb
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Glacier-driven Nepal flood shows mounting risks in warming Himalayas
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Hydrogen fuel cells could ease Singapore’s data centre power constraints: expert
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Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
Climate change warnings preceded Nepal disaster, say experts
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Asean haze controls face tougher climate test as smoke crosses borders
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Berita / Bandar-bandar
Climate risks threaten more than 380 coastal World Heritage Sites
Coral reefs, medieval coastal castles and mangrove forests on UNESCO’s World Heritage list now share something in common: …
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