#extreme weather Berita
The worsening water crisis highlights an urgent need for better groundwater governance in India.
Better early-warning systems make for better disaster preparedness – but the vulnerable are still missing out on long-term help.
Makanan & Pertanian
Global wheat yields would be 10 per cent higher without climate change
Global yields of wheat are around 10 per cent lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study.
Renewing mangroves and beach forests could protect Philippines coast from typhoons, storms, floods and land erosion.
Makanan & Pertanian
In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, elusive ‘ghost rice’ holds key to climate resilience
Polisi & Kewangan
The shape of a new climate politics emerges
#extreme weather Pendapat
To enable cities to adapt to extreme heat, authorities must clearly understand the risks and which solutions work best for whom.
Polisi & Kewangan
Insurers must promote the blue economy
Pursuing a sustainable blue economy requires striking a delicate balance between using the ocean’s resources and respecting its natural limits, especially amid the escalating climate crisis.
Polisi & Kewangan
How to defuse the climate-debt time bomb for small island states
We need innovative solutions to allow small island nations to manage debt and build climate resilience as global funding declines.
Karbon & Cuaca
Why India may suffer longer heatwaves and floods this year
Long-range weather forecasts express probable outcomes, not certainties. Therefore, preparedness through real-time monitoring is essential.
Polisi & Kewangan
The business case for a sustainable blue economy
Polisi & Kewangan
Climate action requires debt relief
Polisi & Kewangan
Central banks must stem the nature crisis
Karbon & Cuaca
Sustainability in an unstable world
#extreme weather Video
Bandar-bandar
Urban Asia and its climate adaptation challenge
Studio EB
From sponge cities to coastal forests, Asia is seeking ways to work with nature and prepare for the risks in a warmer-than-expected future. This Eco-Business video looks at what else cities need to do to strengthen climate resilience.
#extreme weather Audio
Karbon & Cuaca
America’s attack on climate science could affect adaptation capacity in Asia: climate scientist Ben Horton
The sea-level rise expert has moved to Hong Kong – now seen as a gateway to more collaboration with China on climate science. But he tells the EB Podcast that data from US agencies is still critical for calculating climate defences in Asia.
Andrew Buay, vice president for group corporate sustainability at Singtel, tells the EB Podcast that CSOs should not be precious about losing part of their job as the function evolves.
Bangunan Hijau
Can a desert city be liveable? Dubai scales green spine concept as developers eye ‘eco-friendly’ projects in harsh climate
Eyes are on whether the city’s plan to build the world’s “greenest highway” will take off. The Eco-Business Podcast speaks to Marwa Nahlawi from Diamond Developers, the real estate developer behind Dubai's "Sustainable City" brand, which adopts a similar green spine concept.
Polisi & Kewangan
The race to insure Southeast Asia against climate risk
Asia lags the world in natural catastrophe protection. Part of the problem could be counting extreme weather losses only after they happen, industry insiders tell the Eco-Business podcast.
#extreme weather Siaran Akhbar
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Amid scorching temperatures, India turns to ideas both old and new to beat the heat
Imagine H2O Asia
Announcing Imagine H2O Asia’s 6th cohort of water entrepreneurs
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Green Climate Fund approves US$103 million to strengthen early warning systems for vulnerable countries
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Resilience rising: Targeting transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific subregions
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070
