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On Lombok island, earthquake victims rebuild with eco-domes

...floods, says Ghazal Amini, architect and project manager of Dome Lombok Eco-Village, a resort being constructed on the southern part of the island. While not yet operational, the site was spared the w...

28 Aug 2018

On Lombok island, earthquake victims rebuild with eco-domes

News / Transport

Carbon emissions goals at risk as 'clunker' cars flood Africa, South Asia

African and South Asian nations could miss national targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions unless rich countries stop using them as dumping grounds for millions of polluting old cars, a study has wa...

25 Jul 2018

Carbon emissions goals at risk as 'clunker' cars flood Africa, South Asia

Research / Eco-Business

Flood Controls in Southeast Asia

...flood control exist, Asean countries are at very different stages in their domestic implementation of effective water management systems. There are many interesting case studies for how government age...

11 Aug 2017

Flood Controls in Southeast Asia

News / Policy & Finance

Insurance industry nurses wounds inflicted by costly disasters

With its string of hurricanes, floods and other weather shocks, 2017 may be the most expensive year on record for disaster losses, insurance experts warned on Tuesday. Hurricane Harvey in Texas alone ...

24 Nov 2017

Insurance industry nurses wounds inflicted by costly disasters

News / Transport

How climate change is altering air travel

...flooding. Many airports are built on flat, low-lying land, by the ocean or in drained swamps. Such places can be hard to drain and vulnerable to rising sea levels and more intense storms. When Superst...

20 Feb 2018

How climate change is altering air travel

Opinion / Water

Why your water footprint doesn't matter

...floods, but we would do well to remember that these events are symptoms and it is the cause that we need to address. Judith Thornton, is a low carbon mananager in the BEACON project at Aberystwyth Uni...

3 Oct 2018

Why your water footprint doesn't matter

Opinion / Water

7 reasons we're facing a global water crisis

...flooding each year. That number could increase to 54 million by 2030. All countries with the greatest exposure to river floods are least developed or developing countries – which makes them even more ...

28 Aug 2017

7 reasons we're facing a global water crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury from toxic coal energy and gold mining

...flooding as climate change causes sea levels to rise, while their food supply is increasingly contaminated with mercury from coal-burning emissions.” Mercy Ritte, the coordinator of the Molokai hair s...

28 Nov 2018

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury from toxic coal energy and gold mining

News / Carbon & Climate

Smaller farms can cope better with climate change in India, say analysts

...floods and droughts, analysts said. About 60 per cent of India's population of 1.3 billion depends on agriculture for a living. More than three quarters of farmers cultivate than 2 hectares (5 acres) ...

13 Dec 2017

Smaller farms can cope better with climate change in India, say analysts

Opinion / Cities

Are Asian cities headed for an endless summer?

...floods, will intensify and become more frequent. In Asia, increased rainfall and worsening tropical cyclones will wreak havoc on food production, driving down rural incomes. In Sri Lanka, for example,...

12 Sep 2017

Are Asian cities headed for an endless summer?

News / Cities

For sustainable growth, Philippines must look beyond Manila

...flood control, waste management and road safety. In an update of its annual economic report, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said that this massive public spending on infrastructure will cause the Ph...

9 Oct 2017

For sustainable growth, Philippines must look beyond Manila

News / Carbon & Climate

Warming linked to Storm Harvey devastation

...flooding. Reports from Bangladesh, for instance, say that by late August more than 100,000 people in flood-affected areas had sought refuge in emergency centres. This story was published with permissi...

4 Sep 2017

Warming linked to Storm Harvey devastation

News / Carbon & Climate

Amazon trees are major source of methane emissions

Trees growing in floodplains surrounding the Amazon river emit up to 20 million tonnes of methane gas (CH4) to the atmosphere every year, a study in Nature has estimated.Methane is one of the three mo...

20 Dec 2017

Amazon trees are major source of methane emissions

News / Carbon & Climate

Stories from six Bangladeshi women on the front lines of climate change

...floods that inundate coastal communities and contaminate freshwater resources. Inland, increasingly unpredictable rainfall is driving riverbank erosion, threatening homes and crops. Two photographers ...

9 Mar 2018

Stories from six Bangladeshi women on the front lines of climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

...floods later this year. The insurance scheme will allow VisionFund's microfinance programmes to keep on lending if several countries are hit by a disaster at the same time, said Hector Ibarra, CEO of ...

22 Jan 2018

Climate insurance scheme targets women farmers in Africa, Asia

News / Water

In Hong Kong, too much water — and too little — leads to creative solutions

...flooding and waterlogging in low-lying areas where land has been reclaimed from the sea. All of this makes Hong Kong a place with more than its share of water problems. But it also makes the city a go...

10 Oct 2017

In Hong Kong, too much water — and too little — leads to creative solutions

News / Corporate Responsibility

UNEP’s Erik Solheim: Putting landscapes first to green up the environment

...flooding in South Asia, and Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria led to unprecedented flooding and damage in the Caribbean and the United States. “We see Mother Earth fighting back,” said Erik Solheim, h...

13 Dec 2017

UNEP’s Erik Solheim: Putting landscapes first to green up the environment

Opinion / Water

Why the world needs to get smarter about water consumption

...flooding warnings Nobody likes to be caught in a flood – especially not a flood from a sewer. Reliable information about the likelihood, the extent and the location of such flooding in a city, is very...

23 Jun 2017

Why the world needs to get smarter about water consumption

News / Carbon & Climate

Why a climate-friendly lifestyle could save your life

...floods in Houston,” he added, referring to the floods caused by Hurricane Harvey in August this year. Campbell-Lendrum expressed confidence that this year’s COP 23, which will be held from 6 to 17 No...

20 Oct 2017

Why a climate-friendly lifestyle could save your life

News / Corporate Responsibility

From Malaysia to Myanmar, social ventures build homes and safe spaces

...flood-relief housing, open-air classrooms, and outhouse toilets. "Poorer communities have multiple needs, and there is no silver bullet solution for them," John-Son told the Thomson Reuters Foundation...

25 Jun 2018

From Malaysia to Myanmar, social ventures build homes and safe spaces

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