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Droughts wipe out enough to feed 81 million people - World Bank

Droughts wipe out enough produce to feed 81 million people every day for a year - equivalent to the population of Germany, the World Bank said on Tuesday. Although it is floods that grab the headlines...

26 Oct 2017

Droughts wipe out enough to feed 81 million people - World Bank

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change, Trump, and the U.S. military: a tale of two policies

...flooding: “By the end of this century, most installations can expect a large increase in the frequency of tidal flooding, storm surges that cover greater areas at increased depth, and loss of utilized...

19 Jan 2018

Climate change, Trump, and the U.S. military: a tale of two policies

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The meaning of environmental words matters in the age of 'fake news'

...flooding, for example, understanding resilience as bouncing back can lead to decisions to focus solely on infrastructure investments, while a more complex interpretation may lead to a decision to relo...

14 Jan 2019

The meaning of environmental words matters in the age of 'fake news'

Children plant mangrove saplings in the Philippines

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change and the Philippine seas: Unlocking blue carbon solutions for a cooler planet

...flooding for 613,000 people annually, 23 per cent of whom live below the poverty line. Mangroves are also responsible for saving as much as US$1 billion in residential and industrial property damages....

3 Apr 2018

Climate change and the Philippine seas: Unlocking blue carbon solutions for a cooler planet

News / Carbon & Climate

Sri Lanka struggles to adapt as disasters become a new "normal"

...floods, rescue crews in Kiriella, a small town in Rathnapura District, spotted a remarkable sight. A middle-aged woman, trudging through waist-deep floodwater, clutched a rooster carefully above the t...

21 Jul 2017

Sri Lanka struggles to adapt as disasters become a new "normal"

News / Carbon & Climate

Two climate extremes: flooded cities, dry rural areas

...flooding. But there’s also a puzzling observed phenomenon of drier soils and reduced water flow in rural areas. “ It's a double whammy. More people are moving to cities where floods are becoming more...

29 Aug 2017

Two climate extremes: flooded cities, dry rural areas

Opinion / Water

How water insecurity fuels global conflict

...flooding, droughts, soil and coastal erosion, agriculture, forest and land-use change, water availability and quality, and changes to human settlements. Such insights can help governments, businesses ...

22 Mar 2019

How water insecurity fuels global conflict

News / Cities

Researchers team up with cities to make resilience a reality

...flood defences or new transport systems - that involves communities while providing solutions to multiple challenges, from preventing disasters to providing clean water and energy, and adding green sp...

12 Feb 2018

Researchers team up with cities to make resilience a reality

News / Policy & Finance

Why is green bond growth in Southeast Asia so weak?

...flood-prone riverbank area, according to the report. The Allianz Tower in the central business district of Jakarta is one of the 260 green buildings in the capital as of 2016. Image: Galawana via IF...

5 Dec 2018

Why is green bond growth in Southeast Asia so weak?

News / Energy

In rush to electrify, Cambodia stirs the living and dead

Nat Sota worries about the spirits of her ancestors. They have been lying in watery graves since Cambodia's newest hydroelectric dam flooded her village of Srekor, and with it, the nearby burial groun...

5 Jun 2018

In rush to electrify, Cambodia stirs the living and dead

News / Cities

Sponges, urban forests and air corridors: how nature can cool cities

...floods. Efforts to build sponge cities aim to deal with both problems - and improve life for city residents. "It's not just about limiting the damage of flooding, it's also about coping with rising te...

3 Oct 2017

Sponges, urban forests and air corridors: how nature can cool cities

News / Carbon & Climate

Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air

...flood defences and water quality and, in Australia, providing job opportunities for Indigenous communities, she said. Although wetlands can store large amounts of carbon on a per area basis, their act...

13 Nov 2018

Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air

News / Cities

How 73 cities are using innovative climate action to ‘future-proof’ themselves

...flood reduction: Nearly 80 per cent of public green space in congested Jakarta has been lost to development in the past 40 years. To reserve the trend and ease severe flooding, the Indonesian capital ...

26 Sep 2017

How 73 cities are using innovative climate action to ‘future-proof’ themselves

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Opinion / Cities

The architecture of resilience

...floods and typhoons, and slow onset changes like sea level rise. Many parts of South Asia, including Mumbai, experienced severe flooding during the 2017 monsoon season, resulting in many deaths and ca...

4 Dec 2017

The architecture of resilience

News / Food & Agriculture

Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry in the direction of sustainability

Shrimp farmer Nguyen Manh Hung lost his entire farm to erosion in 2016 after a series of ravaging droughts and floods. He and his family had relied on their land for over 27 years, and with three chil...

20 Jul 2018

Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry in the direction of sustainability

News / Energy

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

...flooding and droughts. It also predicts a mean annual temperature rise by then of 1.7 degrees Celsius (3.1 degrees Fahrenheit), with a rise in maximum temperatures of 3.1 degrees Celsius (5.6 degrees ...

18 Jul 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

Opinion / Lifestyle

Ready, set, sow: How to use your garden to combat climate change

...flooding. Another way to cut your water usage is by re-using any ‘grey water’ which has previously been used to wash dishes or have a bath. Hopefully the tips above will give you some inspiration to s...

26 Oct 2018

Ready, set, sow: How to use your garden to combat climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Go fish! Minnow 'nutrient bombs' deployed to end malnutrition

...flooded rice fields during the wet season, stocks have been hit by overfishing and malnutrition remains high because of poverty, disease and a tradition of not feeding fish to young children. “ We're...

22 Oct 2018

Go fish! Minnow 'nutrient bombs' deployed to end malnutrition

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate disasters will hit women hardest, says 'Handmaid's Tale' author

...floods, according to the British think-tank Overseas Development Institute. "If there is no civil protection and you don't have any money, what is the one thing that gets traded, always? In war condit...

6 Jun 2018

Climate disasters will hit women hardest, says 'Handmaid's Tale' author

News / Water

Cambodian villagers brace for flooding in test of Sesan II dam

...floods, he said. The company building the dam, now scheduled for completion by December 2018, had warned commune residents in a June 5 letter that floodgates would be closed in mid July, and urged vil...

19 Jul 2017

Cambodian villagers brace for flooding in test of Sesan II dam

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